believe you me, i have asked. I know there are datanet people on this list, and I would probably mingle up the reasoning if i tried to explain with my layman networking skills. But I am sure they can give a good reason for this as it does cause so much grief, annoyance and sadness all around.
OVer to Datanet. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Saturday 10 April 2010 09:20:45 McTim wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > > By my count thats the 3-4 IP changes in as many years for > > Bushnet/Datanet? Must be that new super secure, ultra modern non-natted > > networking technology their running? > > > > P.S. Time to invest in an IP Block? > > You could get an block of your own (End User block in AfriNIC terms, > which means "Provider Independent"). > > However, you could also get a block from Datanet. Here is how that > works. They have an allocation, and you ask them for a sub-allocation > (instead of an assignment, which is what you have now). A > sub-allocation would be entered in the AfriNIC Db, and then > assignments to Mountbatten customer servers would be made from that > sub-alloc. Dnet would still have to make those assignments, but they > would be much less likely to make you renumber if you have a > sub-allocation. > > I would definitely ask them why they are requiring you to renumber so > often!! > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
