> > On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:47:34 -0500, George Bonser <gbon...@seven.com> > wrote: > > 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. > > Correct. The distinction you seem unware of (or unwilling to accept) > is > that the ISP did not assign you a private address. Your CPE did. The > ISP > gave you a single public IPv4 address. > --Ricky
My comment was addressed to a poster from Europe who seemed surprised that there were home users behind a NAT at all.
