On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 03:37, Sanjay Arora wrote: > O > > > I am from India and use Ethernet based connectivity (which breaks > > > frequently) from a cable ISP who provides a private ip address > > > 172.16.x.x and masqed outbound connectivity. > > > > That is really wierd! We have a vpn for a section of Salford Uni with an > > IP address of 172.16.x.x and it's completely useless (IMO) > > > > According to whois though, it's owned by ICANN for private purposes so > > shouldn't be allocated to anyone! > > > Well, it is...but it is being done a lot in India. There are many small > home operation ISPs who use Linux based NAT boxes to provide > connectivity to home users. Speed is usually comparable to dial-up 56k > modems, though they are called BROADBAND always-on connections ;-) Guess > the only thing broad about it is the name. > > In fact MTNL & BSNL the National telcos provide a similar service using > NAT & address rangs 10.x.x.x, throughout India. I think thatÅ because > the home user broadband (64K wide) has started to compete with 64K > leased lines which provide a live IP and cost ten or more times as > much.Giving private address space stops the inbound services and makes > the connection much less valuable. > > Thats what I want to break out of by using a hosted UML server costing > 5-10$/month and getting my NAT box to use a VPN getting the inbound > packets from the hosted ip to my machine. The problem is, I dont know > how? And the issues regarding security/performance etc. involved. > > Comments anyone? ---- you are pissing into the wind Craig
