Re: Re: IPv6 only devices in home network

On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 04:38, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> >On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 07:32:38AM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
> >> > The reason why we have shortages of Ipv4 addresses
> >> 
> >> do we have a shortage of v4 ip addresses?
> >
> >Perhaps "shortages of globally routable IPv4 addresses available to end
> >users in a number of environments", like public WLANs, home networks,
> >networks in hotels, or in public events (like IST2002 where I am now),
> >etc etc.
> >
> >The choice of the operator to ask for and use global addresses is not
> >something the end user can control :(   I can vote with my wallet for
> >my home network (though it's frustrating that money is required to get more
> >IPv4 addresses, for whatever reason), but not so usually when attached to 
> >a public or other network.
> 
> 	as Tony Hain presented at NANOG26, Chinese educational network
> 	needs over 70 class As if they are to do things with IPv4.
> 	if we ask Chinese commercial network, or network operators in India,
> 	we will know we need more.
> 	and there are only 90 class As left.  there definitely is IPv4 address
> 	shortage.
> 
> itojun

ADSL is really starting to take of here in Australia, and almost
everybody is buying routers to connect up multiple PCs. Unfortunately
ISPs are only giving out one address, semi-permanently, so NAT has to be
used.

Its got to the point where the price difference between an basic ADSL
Modem/Bridge and a ADSL Router with NAT and a four port 10/100 Mbps
switch is about $50 US.

Sad really.