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: -------------------- 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 -------------------- 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. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77625 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch