On 29/07/20 00:11, james wrote: > On 7/28/20 12:10 PM, Wols Lists wrote: >> On 28/07/20 16:01, james wrote: >>> (2) DNS resolvers, (?) mail-servers for a robust mail system that "I" >>> admin, and (1) internet facing web server and (1) internal only facing >>> or limited outward facing Web server for development and security based >>> testing. Static IP are basically $5/month from my ISP. >> >> Do you really want to pay for a static IP? I'd go IPv6 instead. >> >> I learnt my v4 in the days of 10-base-2, and I'd really love to update >> to punching holes in a v6 router. Limited risk, and no worries about >> static IPs, NATing, all that legacy stuff ... :-) >> >> Cheers, >> Wol >> > > > So, IPv6 can be assigned without payment to an ISP? Besides having > static IPs without bandwidth connections routed (assigned) to those IP6 > addresses are not useful? > > > If I go IPv6, where does the bandwidth come from? > >From your ISP?
The OP's ISP charges EXTRA for a static address, which shouldn't be the case seeing as they have oodles of the things. Or maybe I'm out-of-date, seeing as my ISP in the old days provided a static IPv4 free of charge as a matter of course. Cheers, Wol
