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On 29/07/20 00:11, james wrote: |
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> On 7/28/20 12:10 PM, Wols Lists wrote: |
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>> On 28/07/20 16:01, james wrote: |
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>>> (2) DNS resolvers, (?) mail-servers for a robust mail system that "I" |
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>>> admin, and (1) internet facing web server and (1) internal only facing |
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>>> or limited outward facing Web server for development and security based |
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>>> testing. Static IP are basically $5/month from my ISP. |
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>> Do you really want to pay for a static IP? I'd go IPv6 instead. |
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>> I learnt my v4 in the days of 10-base-2, and I'd really love to update |
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>> to punching holes in a v6 router. Limited risk, and no worries about |
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>> static IPs, NATing, all that legacy stuff ... :-) |
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>> Cheers, |
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>> Wol |
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> So, IPv6 can be assigned without payment to an ISP? Besides having |
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> static IPs without bandwidth connections routed (assigned) to those IP6 |
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> addresses are not useful? |
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> If I go IPv6, where does the bandwidth come from? |
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From your ISP? |
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The OP's ISP charges EXTRA for a static address, which shouldn't be the |
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case seeing as they have oodles of the things. Or maybe I'm out-of-date, |
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seeing as my ISP in the old days provided a static IPv4 free of charge |
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as a matter of course. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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