> Back in the days of dial-up, providing a fixed IP address was quite
> a
> hard problem to solve, given that each time you dialled in you
> almost
> certainly came in on a different modem/port. Most ISPs simply
> assigned
> an IP address to each port and thus that's what you got. Demon went
On Monday, 19 July 2021 13:40:28 BST Tim Woodall via GLLUG wrote:
>
> Ah, yes. I misread the OP.
>
> https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/IPV6-Settings/td-p/1699523
> and
> https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2016/11/bt-broadband-lines-now-support
> -ipv6-internet-addresses.html
>
>
Hi,
I think something associated with the ipv6 disussion and ISPs.
Although they might give you ipv6 addresses, their dsl router probably
provides no firewalling for it.
I added my own firewall for ipv6.
Kind regards
James
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On Mon, 19 Jul 2021, John Winters via GLLUG wrote:
On 19/07/2021 11:25, Tim Woodall via GLLUG wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jul 2021, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
My sister has a relatively new domestic BT broadband connection. The IPv4
address was expected to be dynamic despite BT claiming to have
On 19/07/2021 11:25, Tim Woodall via GLLUG wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jul 2021, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
My sister has a relatively new domestic BT broadband connection. The IPv4
address was expected to be dynamic despite BT claiming to have
sufficient IPv4
addresses, while the IPv6 address so far
On Sun, 18 Jul 2021, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
My sister has a relatively new domestic BT broadband connection. The IPv4
address was expected to be dynamic despite BT claiming to have sufficient IPv4
addresses, while the IPv6 address so far has had a static /48 but dynamic /64.
Is there a
On 18/07/2021 15:26, Andy Smith via GLLUG wrote:
Hello,
On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 10:33:03AM +0100, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
My sister has a relatively new domestic BT broadband connection. The IPv4
address was expected to be dynamic despite BT claiming to have sufficient IPv4
addresses,
Hello,
On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 10:33:03AM +0100, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
> My sister has a relatively new domestic BT broadband connection. The IPv4
> address was expected to be dynamic despite BT claiming to have sufficient
> IPv4
> addresses, while the IPv6 address so far has had a
On Sunday, 18 July 2021 11:03:06 BST John Winters via GLLUG wrote:
> On 18/07/2021 10:33, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > Is there a cost involved in providing a static address, or are UK
> > customers
> > considered to be incapable of safely using a static address? Perhaps it
> > just
On 18/07/2021 10:33, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
[snip]
Is there a cost involved in providing a static address, or are UK customers
considered to be incapable of safely using a static address? Perhaps it just
allows them to charge extra for a "business" broadband.
Back in the days of dial-up,
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