Don't forget to track who has what dynamic IP address, and when they had it.
You will need this information with the law enforcement agencies come a knocking for some kiddie porn peddler using your network. ryan On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Jason Hensley wrote: > Not sure where the 10+ minutes per install addition for a static IP > comes > into play. Takes 30 seconds or so to program that in. Yeah, not > quite as > convenient as DHCP, and you run the risk of duplicate IP's if you get > sloppy, but otherwise I see a huge advantage with static. > > Renumbering, like you mentioned, is also MUCH easier if you have > internal > privates. I NAT at the headend - not at each tower / POP. Makes > management > very easy for me. > > For me, static works, dhcp doesn't. Of course, everyone is different. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > Behalf Of Ryan Langseth > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 5:12 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Private vs Public addresses for end-users > > There are things like looking at the customer base. > > 1) are they likely to need incoming connections ( This is mainly for > businesses ) > 2) are they likely to get a worm and have it start spamming ( I hate > trying > to track down a spammy machine behind NAT ... its not hard just > annoying) > 3) are they going to have problems with double NAT, the customers > router > will be doing nat also. Certain system do not handle that very nicely > > Frankly I hate using Private IPs for customers at all, I also > strongly > dislike not doing DHCP unless the customer is paying for that static. > Static IP addressing is a PITA if you have to renumber, obivously > with > privates that problem is largely gone. > > Depending on where you are doing your NAT, I would suggest if you > go that > route to do it at your Head End, not at your edge routers. That way > you can > implement one of the common IDS/IPS systems to find problem customers > (virus, etc) . > > Not doing DHCP, if you plan on being profitable, imo, is also a major > mistake. You will end up consuming 10+ minutes of your install > techs and > CSRs time per install. > > > Ryan > > On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > >> Tom DeReggi wrote: >>> whether to give private or public address has nothing to do with >>> cost. >>> >> >> Oh, what are the thing to consider exactly? >> >> Regards, >> >> Ugo Bellavance >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
