John E. Perry wrote:
My home network is based on a wifi/router/firewall. I buy one line from Cox. As I understand it, more IP addresses would cost correspondingly more; I know this was true for my previous IP.
That has usually been the case with IPv4 where IP-addresses were a limited resource.
So it's very convenient for me to buy one address, connect my Netgear to it, and use dhcp for the half-dozen devices I have in my home. Since 198.162.x.x addresses cannot pass through a router, my network is private, and the firewall, set up to ignore all attempts at external access, makes me invisible to the Internet unless one of my computers initiates a transaction.
How does ipv6 handle this?
I don't know how this looks from the ISP side, but I read somewhere, probably wikipedia, that the recommendation is for the ISP to dish out a /64 network when someone asks for a static address. That is 18446744073709551616 addresses. You give one to each of your boxes that need external access, and configure your firewall to only accept inbound traffic for your open services. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.6°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org