-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Mikael Abrahamsson Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:01 PM
As I said, this is DSL, which to me implies always on. Each DSLAM port only allows one IP address, this is set statically. The customer has a static IP address assigned to him/her, which never changes over time. No DHCP, nothing dynamic what so ever. If you want to make yourself unreachable to one of our customers you blacklist their IP which is always the same. Simple.
We configure our DSL customers the same way you do. Static PVC, Static IP. Each user has a static IP and in 99% of the cases, we do not assign any dynamic IPs. However, I would say that it is safe to say that the majority of the ILECs here in the US provide DSL service where the IP is dynamic. Most of the time, it doesn't change, but it is very possible that the next time that the user logs in (most are also using PPPoE for the connection setup) that the DHCP server might give them another IP. As such, when we have seen our IP blocks get blocked strictly because of the rDNS entry having 'dsl' in it, a simple email to the admins explaining that we are not providing dynamic services has gotten our rDNS entries taken off of the blacklist. -Sean Sean P. Crandall VP Engineering Operations MegaPath Networks Inc. 6691 Owens Drive Pleasanton, CA 94588 (925) 201-2530 (office) (925) 201-2550 (fax)