[lir-wg] Static IP addresses

On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 15:12, Gert Doering wrote:
> The "issue" about dial-in customers is just that ISPs are usually 
> unwilling to enter all their individual IP assignments into the RIPE
> database, and so it's much easier to go down the dynamic dial-in route.
> 
> >From the RIPE policy standpoint, there is NO difference between 
> dial-in, ADSL, cable, leased lines, and whatever technologies people
> use to hook up to the net.

However for dialup it's generally a more effcient use of IP space to use
dynamic pools due the contention of the service (ie 20:1 modem ratios
and the like).

With ADSL and other fixed circuit technologies the connection often
uncontended at the port level (bandwidth is a different issue) so
allocating static/semi-static IPs make sense as the savings in IP space
usage are likely to be less or nil.

   Mark

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