They've been saying it for years Clad, NAT solved a lot of home consumer issues, and has helped stave off the inevitable. On one of the servers that I help maintain, 12 IP addresses were assigned to it for a measly $1.42USD a month.
However, none of this is related to Valve, nor the *thread* | situation at hand. Kyle. On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:02 AM, clad iron <cladi...@gmail.com> wrote: > could this have some truth ? less than a year ? > > > http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/less-than-a-year-until-internet-addresses-run-dry-20100726-10r83.html?autostart=1 > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Allan Button <abut...@netaccess.ca> > wrote: > > > 10,000 dial up users. Peak connected is 1000. If each one had a static > IP, > > you'd need 10,000 IPs. Because of DHCP, you can safely set out 1000 IPs > and > > know that each customer will receive a unique IP. > > > > So yes 'DHCP' can save IPs, and dialup was very popular, so its possible > > that the statement that without DHCP we would have run out of IPs 10 > years > > ago, is possible. > > > > Allan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > > hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Carl > > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:04 PM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] STEAM_0:0:1 > > > > You're thinking of NAT. > > > > Sent from my telnet. > > > > > > Guy Watkins wrote: > > > If not for dhcp, we would have run out of IP addresses over 10 years > ago! > > > > > > } -----Original Message----- > > > } From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux- > > > } boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Harry Strongburg } > > > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 1:04 PM } To: Half-Life dedicated > > > Linux server mailing list } Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] STEAM_0:0:1 } } > > > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 07:54:39PM +0300, Bajdechi Nightbox Alexandru > > > } wrote: > > > } > Imo Dynamic IPs should be banned. Who had this terrible idea to > > > invent } them } } ISPs who do not want their customers to run static > > > servers. It's also } easier to manage for them (just using DHCP to > > > assign IPs to customers is } easier than giving static ones). > > > } > > > } _______________________________________________ > > > } To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > archives, } please visit: > > > } http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
