The thought of 253 security vulnerabilities in a consumer environment makes me cringe, but thats going to be a massive revenue generator, even at .10 per connected device monthly support contract
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 2:04 PM Darren Shea <darr...@ecpi.com> wrote: > Oh yeah, we’ve already run into this with Cambium’s ePMP line – their > default DHCP setting in NAT mode uses a pool of 10 addresses, including the > radio/gateway itself. If the subscriber’s router is in bridged mode, they > rapidly run out of internal IPs. It’s an easy fix to pushthe size up to 50 > or more addresses, but you’re absolutely right. There are a lot of routers > currently in use which were designed before every device in the house > needed an IPv4 address, and connected speakers, light bulbs, switches, and > everything else IoT are going to create a million minor problem calls over > the next few years… > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:40 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Subject:* [AFMUG] IoT and LAN IPs > > > > With all the Internet enabled stuff people are putting in their houses > now, are conventional routers going to run out of LAN IP addresses? > > > > Yes, I know about IPv6 (and let’s not unleash that holy war), also about > smarthome hubs. But most people seem to be just buying stuff like fridges > and toasters and doorbells and lightbulbs and cameras, and hooking them up > to their WiFi router. > > > > Almost any router you buy at the store is going to have a LAN subnet like > 192.168.1.0/24 and may not allocate all of that for DHCP range. So there > are at most 253 available addresses, and possibly as little as 50 or 100. > Until recently this should have been way more than needed, but it seems > inevitable that homes will soon have more than 253 connected devices. > > > > May just mean switching to a bigger subnet, but average Joe doesn’t know > how to do that. Meanwhile if during the day his “things” have taken the > entire DHCP range and he gets home and his phone or laptop can’t get an IP, > he things it’s an Internet problem. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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