240/4

Alain Durand alain_durand at cable.comcast.com
Thu Oct 18 20:11:00 UTC 2007





On 10/18/07 12:53 PM, "Jon Lewis" <jlewis at lewis.org> wrote:

> I could see bits of 240/4 perhaps being of use to large cable companies
> for whom there just isn't enough 1918 space to address all their CPE
> gear...and/or they really want unique addressing so that if/when networks
> merge IP conflicts are avoided.

I do work for one of those "large cable companies" and no, 240/4 is not
useable for us either for the exact same reasons that you pointed out to
explain why 240/4 will not work in public space: there are just too many
devices that can't easily be upgraded.

   - Alain.




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