On Tuesday 14 March 2006 15:48, you wrote: > I know the way to have different ports by using NAT but this isn't really > what I try to achieve! > > If ISPs have a fixed pool of static IP addresses then what happens if we > 'spend' all the existing ones and nothing is left for the newcomers? >
The address space limitations of IPv4 is one of the problems that IPv6 will solve. Bye, David > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 01:29:01PM +0000, Patsy wrote: > > ISP's actually have static IPs, they grant you the use of one from their > > pool, they don't create them. They use virtual hosts in apache to host > > more than one website on one IP address. > > > > You can route connections to X.Y.Z.T:P (if X.Y.Z.T is your static IP) to > > one of the internal computers, but you have to choose which one you want > > to route it to, you can't connect to all 3 on port P from the internet. > > > > Patsy > > > > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, FTP wrote: > > > but isn't a way to route and translate connections via a existing > > > static IP address? To have 'internal' IPs acting as static in their > > > own right? How do ISPs 'create' their own static IPs? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 01:08:22PM +0000, Patsy wrote: > > > > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, FTP wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > > > my question isn't really OBSD related but I would like to ask if > > > > > the following scenario can be implemented by using a two NICs OBSD > > > > > box! > > > > > > > > > > If I get a static IP from my provider, is it possible to 'multiple' > > > > > this and create my own static IPs which are accessible via the > > > > > Internet? If the answer is 'yes', is this done via PF > > > > > configuration? > > > > > > > > > > To make the above more clear. If I have following set-up: > > > > > > > > > > Server 1 : 10.1.1.1 ----------> router ADSL > > > > > Server 2 : 10.1.1.2 ----------> router ADSL----------> 86.178.23.4 > > > > > Server 3 : 10.1.1.3 ----------> router ADSL > > > > > > > > > > can I convert to soemthing like this: > > > > > > > > > > Server 1 : 10.1.1.1 ----------> router ADSL----------> 86.x.x.x1 > > > > > (public static IP!) Server 2 : 10.1.1.2 ----------> router > > > > > ADSL----------> 86.178.23.4 Server 3 : 10.1.1.3 ----------> router > > > > > ADSL----------> 86.x.x.x2 (public static IP!) .... > > > > > Server N : 10.1.1.N ----------> router ADSL----------> 86.x.x.xN > > > > > (public static IP!) > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your time > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > No it's not possible, your ISP would only send you information that > > > > was destined for the static IP address it assigned you. All data sent > > > > to the other IP's would go to their rightful destination (if the IP > > > > addresses are being used elsewhere) or they would be dropped by your > > > > ISP. > > > > > > > > Patsy
