Re: Addresses and ports and taxes -- oh my!

[Andre-John Mas]

"Rakers, Jason" wrote:
> 
> When household appliances begin becoming IP addressable, I think we will see
> a move towards assigning an Internet IP address per household (much like
> today's street address).  The household will perform NAT for all devices
> within (one street address can house many people, not just one).

The factor in all this is cheap firewalls/routers. With these coming
down in price they will be installed standard when asking for a cable
internet connection, or such. Also these boxes, probably being the size
of a phoneset would probably also include a DHCP server for addressing
the
various devices in the home, much like what is done for Sun's SunRay
line
of devices. If this does happen I just hope that they offer the option
for expert users to configure the devices themselves. The price factor
that will make these an option is arounf USD 100.

Andre