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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:23197 comp.os.386bsd.development:3125 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnexus!news1.halcyon.com!usenet From: mpdillon@halcyon.com (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: SAMBA and NETWARE mounting Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 20:55:56 +0000 Organization: Memra Software Inc., Armstrong, B.C., Canada Lines: 45 Message-ID: <SXfClapDlXsF073yn@halcyon.com> References: <D2KG6E.CMp@park.uvsc.edu> <D32vvM.5ro@park.uvsc.edu> <1995Jan28.205413.3955@rhrk.uni-kl.de> <D38EGq.5yB@park.uvsc.edu> <3gjjte$4r9@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: coho.halcyon.com In article <3gjjte$4r9@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>, ddj+@pitt.edu (Doug Dejulio) wrote: > > Let's consider the case of a public university that provides PPP > connections for its faculty, staff and students. Let's say there are > about 5,000 people that make use of this facility at least once a > month. > > How likely do you think it is that the university would be willing to > provide a distinct, non-dynamic 3-bit (i.e. six host) subnet for each > of them? Or even a 2-bit (i.e. two host) subnet? Hell, they often > won't even consider a single static IP address, because there aren't > enough to give out to everyone who might want one. So, we're stuck > with a different IP address every time we connect, which is just an > utter lose. > > If the local IP namespace were much, much larger, one would have at > least a snowball's chance in hell of talking folks into doing things > differently. Doubling the number of bits would be nice. > > How many bits of address does IPX grant? How many bits are they > thinking of using in IPv6? IP v6 will provide enough bits so that everyone in the entire world will be able to assign a unique IP address to each cell in their body and still have enough left over to assign addresses to more important things like coffeemakers, all the light switches in the house, the bathroom scale, etc.. .... > Great! My university will only grant me a temporary, dynamic one-host > IP address when I connect via PPP or SLIP. I have need for my own > static 3-bit subnet. What software do I run to solve this problem? use the address to connect a Linux or FreeBSD box via PPP and then run TIA or another SLIP emulator on the UNIX box to allow other machines to connect. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cool cats, brick bats, bad boys wearin' big hats Surf's up, my cup, floating, flying, rising up. Michael Dillon mpdillon@halcyon.com C-4 Powerhouse, RR #2 michael@junction.net Armstrong, BC V0E 1B0 Fido: 1:353/350 Canada BBS: +1-604-546-2705