[MLB-WIRELESS] IP address range for Geelong?

Andrew Tiltman andrew at mediadome.net.au
Tue Feb 12 21:22:15 EST 2002


If were going with that we all better get moving then and nab some ranges?
;)
-Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Close" <adrian at close.wattle.id.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] IP address range for Geelong?


> On 12 Feb 2002, Simon J Mudd wrote:
>
> > This allows you "at some later stage" to link up (probably not by
> > radio!) to other groups around the world. If you have an ip address
> > conflict it'll be much harder to do this.
>
> /me throws hands in air and calls on a deity to give him strength.
>
> I can see why this registry seems logical.  What it misses is the fact
> that the RFC 1918 ranges are not globally routable, _by design_.
>
> I think we'd be better off campaigning to obtain a globally routable IPv4
> allocation for use on community-baased wireless networks around the world
> (similar to net 44 in concept, I guess).  We have ARIN, APNIC and RIPE.
> Perhaps we could create a WNIC organisation to handle global allocation of
> such addresses.  There's plenty of IPv4 space left.
>
> Adrian Close email: adrian at close.wattle.id.au
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