> Those sound like features, and how the Internet was supposed to work. Yes - was is the key word here, well with regards to IPv4. NAT has worked absolutely fine for the vast majority of outbound service requirements for a long time and a University does not need a /16 so there could have been an effort made to recover a lot of these addresses by RIPE but as far as I'm aware this has never been approached. I suggested it to RIPE once but that got thrown back!
However, that would only be a sticking plaster for a while and we do need this anti-IPv6 nonsense that IT Managers still appear to have to move on. Paul On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 16:51, Rob Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > One of which is the ridiculous amount of IPv4 addresses historically > > assigned to some educational institutions by JISC :-) > > Most Universities have addresses directly allocated to them from days > that pre-date the Regional Internet Registries (especially the /16s). > > > Public IPv4 addresses direct on PCs, Mobile Devices on Guest Wifi > Networks, > > internal Printers.... I have seen this with my own eyes. > > Those sound like features, and how the Internet was supposed to work. > > Cheers, > Rob > -- Paul Bone Network Consultant PMB Technology
