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On 19 January 2012 13:38, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Because it is easier to offer static IPs to the few that want it? I think provisioning static IPs is getting harder. Anyway I move between ISPs. I want to move between ISPs, friend's houses, offices & cafes and still have the ability for machines to contact my laptop when I want them to. > Probably bandwidth, reliability and prevalence of NAT/PAT I imagine that IPs are typically dynamically dolled out, but I don't think ISPs generally put >1 person behind an IP, or do they? > Unlikely hopefully otherwise the malware would be doing it. There is > only one port 80 per NAT device (typically). If malware could punch open with uPnP... is it actually used at all? > Maybe with IPv6..... Yes, I wanted to get onto that. IPV6 IIUC needs some sort of bridge to work in any case. Perhaps I can run some sort of IPV6 network over whatever way I connect to the internet, so you can directly address me. Hope that made sense. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq