On 10/18/07, Alain Durand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/18/07 12:53 PM, "Jon Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I could see bits of 240/4 perhaps being of use to large cable companies > > for whom there just isn't enough 1918 space to address all their CPE > > gear...and/or they really want unique addressing so that if/when > networks > > merge IP conflicts are avoided. > > I do work for one of those "large cable companies" and no, 240/4 is not > useable for us either for the exact same reasons that you pointed out to > explain why 240/4 will not work in public space: there are just too many > devices that can't easily be upgraded. > > - Alain.
Alain, Correct me if I'm wrong, but Comcast started moving to IPv6 addressing *because* they ran out of 10. space. My 0.02: Hacking together IPv4 solutions involving retasking previously reserved address space simply delays the inevitable exhaustion of said address space. -brandon
