In message <5a6d953473350c4b9995546afe9939ee0bc13...@rwc-ex1.corp.seven.com>, " George Bonser" writes: > >=20 > > > Almost none of the broadband providers in the US NAT their > customers. > >=20 > > Well, I suppose I have been unlucky then because every single one I > > have > > had has NATed me. I had a "real" IP when I had dialup, but I got NAT > > when I went broadband. I have a friend that has another service and > > she > > is NATed too. Boot up in her network and you get 192.168.1.x > > In other words, the broadband provider provides a single global IP to > the "always up" CPE. That CPE does DHCP to user stations and hands out > 1918 addresses and NATs them to the single global IP. > > I have had 3 broadband providers over the past 10 years, all three have > done that. I have a friend on a fourth provider that also does that. > > I have yet to see a broadband provider that configures a network so that > individual nodes in the home network get global IPs.
It's only because they delivered the service using a integrated modem/router to save the customer buying a seperate NAT box. I suspect that you could request a actual modem and connect you own equipment to if you want if you don't like the box they supplied. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
