One Can't Have It Both Ways Re: Streamline the CG-NAT Re: EzIP Re: IPv4 address block

Abraham Y. Chen aychen at avinta.com
Sat Jan 20 15:36:27 UTC 2024


Hi, Owen:

1)    "  ...  IPv4 used to work before NAT made everything horrible.  ":

     Utilizing 240/4, RAN is a flat space which should support this kind 
of rudimentary end-to-end connectivity within each RAN. (called L2 
routing, correct?)

Regards,


Abe (2024-01-20 10:35)


On 2024-01-19 04:02, Owen DeLong wrote:
> Any host connected to a reasonably well peered ISP (e.g. NOT Cogent) 
> with IPv6 should be able to communicate with any other such host so 
> long as the administrative policies on both sides permit it.
>
> I have no difficulty directly reaching a variety of IPv6 hosts from 
> the /48 in my home.
>
> However, it’s not like dial-up modem operations in the PSTN in that IP 
> is an inherently connectionless packet switched service while modems 
> were an inherently circuit switched connection oriented service.
>
> However, it does work like IPv4 used to work before NAT made 
> everything horrible.
>
> Owen
>
>
>> On Jan 15, 2024, at 12:20, Abraham Y. Chen <aychen at avinta.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Forrest:
>>
>> 1)    I have a question:
>>
>>     If I subscribe to IPv6, can I contact another similar subscriber 
>> to communicate (voice and data) directly between two homes in private 
>> like the dial-up modem operations in the PSTN? If so, is it available 
>> anywhere right now?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Abe (2024-01-15 15:20)
>>
>>
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