IP allocations, renumbering, and RFC 2050

Thu Oct 8 00:59:35 UTC 1998

On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Scott Gifford wrote:

> A quick read through RFC 2050 (IP Allocation Guidelines) talks about
> this situation in section 2.1:
>
>     The ISP
>     should allow sufficient time for the renumbering process to be
>     completed before the IP addresses are reused.
> 
> However, the rep they spoke with at MCI/CW seems to feel that the moment the
> connection is cancelled, the IP addresses may be reassigned to another
> customer, and they should not expect a grace period for renumbering.

That portion of RFC 2050, I believe, refers to renumbering within the same
ISP, where it's reasonably easy to allow time for customers to renumber.

When a customer is moving from another ISP to you, they're pretty much SOL
when it comes to their old IPs.

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