Oh, uh, really? Had no idea 1and1 was quite large ;) If that's what they're worried about, then they could use private vlans...
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk814/tk840/tsd_technology_support _sub-protocol_home.html http://www.riverstonenet.com/support/configdb/0026.html Now THAT's a good thing (with ACL's of course to cover things.) This way the client doesn't have to do anything, and they conserve address space... Of course, let's say the vendor offers the /30 connection for a slightly increased rate? You think this customer would've said yes? I betcha they would've. Then there's the annual 'cost' of IP addressing... $2500 for a /19? $4500 for a /16? For a company that size, I'm just not sure what the fuss over the expense is ... that should be a drop in the bucket for them. So what do they get instead? Support staff tied up with this client, and the same unhappy client trashing them on this mailing list. Good job, 1and1 !!! Dan Farrell Applied Innovations [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:59 PM To: Dan Farrell Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: FYI, 1and1 hosting fun (ip subnet zero) On 2006/05/11 13:28, Dan Farrell wrote: > Geez network setups just shouldn't be that strained... I mean, what > happened to hooking up a server with a /30 connection to the nearest > router? Am I missing something? These are, uh, quite large operations, and if there's a way to reduce IP address use by 3/4 without putting a bunch of customers in the same subnet that's probably a good thing.
