= Сообщение: 5989 из 7402 ============================================= IPV6 = От : Victor Sudakov 2:5005/49 04 May 19 11:25:26 Кому : BjФrn Felten 04 May 19 11:25:26 Тема : An IP4 question, if that's OK? FGHI : area://IPV6?msgid=2:5005/49+5ccd1513 На : area://IPV6?msgid=2:203/2+5ccc9a96 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== Dear BjФrn,
03 May 19 21:46, you wrote to All:
BF> I've been given an IP4 number from my provider in the third of four BF> /26 subnets. I.e. I have x.x.x.157 with a subnet mask of BF> 255.255.255.192 and, of course, default gateway x.x.x.129
BF> I suppose the other 61 IP numbers in my subnet have been reserved BF> mainly to my neighbours. Maybe not necessarily, but probably, no?
BF> If so, if I find out that one of the other 61 IP numbers was given BF> to my neighbour friend, wouldn't it be possible to connect directly to BF> his computer without having to go via the default gateway?
BF> Wouldn't that mean that we then can have direct fiber connection BF> without the artificial speed restrictions that our respective BF> subscription results in?
Many ISPs prevent direct (that is Layer 2) communication between residential customers, for various reasons. I would not be surprised if you and each of your neighbors are placed in personal VLANs or something like that.
