peterw;538298 Wrote:
> ...drifting off-topic...
>
> For *public* addresses? I'm not, nor have I ever been, a full-time
> network guy, but I have never seen, nor heard of, anyone using DHCP on
> the public Internet.
I have a public IP address for my cable internet connection. I
guarantee that it's assigned via DHCP, as are 10's of millions of DSL
public addresses.
>From my cable modem log:
Code:
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1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP - parameters acquired
1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP: ACK: Setting (*) CM TFTP
Boot file: d11_m_sb5120_speedtiertb25_c01.cm
1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP: Setting CM IP address to:
96.168.xxx.xxx
1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP: Setting (*) CM Syslog
Server address to: 0.0.0.0
1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP: Setting (*) CM Time
Server address to: 68.87.xxx.xxx
1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP: Setting (*) CM Subnet
mask to: 255.255.248.0
1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP: Setting (*) CM Gateway
address to: 96.168.xxx.xxx
1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP: OFFER: Setting (*) CM
TFTP Boot file: d11_m_sb5120_speedtiertb25_c01.cm
1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP select: Setting (*) CM
TFTP Server address to: 68.87.xxx.xxx
1970-01-01 00:00:17 7-Information DHCP: Offered (*) CM IP address
to: 96.168.xxx.xxx
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I've never managed a large web hosting network, but it would be
conceivable to also use DHCP for IP address assignment (that, or NAT)
in order to manage a very large number of servers.
Those two applications right there probably account for the bulk of all
public IP addresses in use today.
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JJZolx
Jim
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