Re: ARIN?

[Brandon Ross <bross () mindspring net>]

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, David R. Conrad wrote:

> > Why do my users have to be dynamically addressed but @home's do not?
>
> Could it be because when the allocation was made, dynamic addressing was
> not available for the cable boxes whereas dynamic assignment for dialup
> has been available since dirt was new?

And NAT boxes have been available almost as long.

[unecessary rant removed]

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