Getting off-topic now ... Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > If It was for a company, I'd take more than one IP. However in my home env >> - I don't have this option. Remember - US detains 75% of the entire >> IP_Address pool. The remaining 25% are shared amongst the rest of the >> world ... So - Static IP-Addresses are very expensive in Germany... Can't >> afford more than one... >I do not live in the US, and I would not even consider using an ISP >that did not provide a /29 block of static addresses for free, as part >of their basic package. You shouldn't either. I see you have a UK address, so I'd be interested to know which ISPs offer a /29 on residential connections - at all, let alone for free ! PlusNet force you to have a fixed address on the pacakge I'm on, some packages don't allow it, others it's an option (it varies by package and the packages change from time to time). I know most don't offer a fixed address AT ALL (that includes BT IIRC) on residential services, and where it is available it's normally an extra cost option (eg BT charge an EXTRA £5/mo on their business connections). In most cases I'm aware of, to have a fixed address, let alone a /29, means taking a substantially more expensive package - usually waaaay more expensive than than is justified by the supposed benefits. I was musing from an Italian hotel a few weeks ago about running a VPN over port 53 (UDP) since that didn't seem to be blocked by the hotspot ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
