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Skriven 2012-02-05 00:59:39 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304)
Ärende: FidoNews 29:04 [02/05]: General Articles
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Hello Mark,

On Friday February 03 2012 19:24, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> later learned the new DOCSIS 3.0 modems could be configured in
 MvdV>> bridge ode, but that the user can not do that himself.

 MH> That sounds similar to how Verizon handles their FIOS installations.
 MH> I believe it comes with a router, wireless, firewall, etc all in one.
 MH> I have no use for all that and don't want that, either.  Just give me
 MH> the wire.  :)

Same here. But then you and me aren't the average customer of the average ISP
are we? ;-)

 MH> There are ways around it and most people I know have disabled the
 MH> firewall, wireless, and it basically turns it into a passive device.

Well, let's be fair. Most people haven'gpot a clue on how to configure a fire
wall, so I can understand the ISP's desire to take it away from them.

I can live with the way my ISP does it. They will offer you a preconfigured
modem/router, but let you get around that if you jump through some hoops.

 MvdV>> ell, you never know, but I think it is already too late. OS/2 has
 MvdV>> missed he boat.

 MH> The other thing I think might come to the rescue for legacy systems is
 MH> VMWare. There could be some magic between the VM and the HOST OS that
 MH> would act as a gateway or some type of fancy NAT.

Nah, you are still entertaining IPv4 think. NAT is a kludge that was introduced
to get around the shortage of IP addresses. The original idea of the internet
was that every device should have it own IP address. The internet was designed
around end to end connectitivity. NAT killed end to end connectivity.

IPv6 eliminates NAT and restores end to end connectivity. Once IPv6 gets its
full swing, end to end connectivity will once again become the norm and
anything else will be considered crippled.

That includes any form of IPv4-IPv6 gateways. It will be like B/W soundless
movie vs 3D technicolour with multi channel sound. Of course, one can display
the old movie on the new screen. Also one can dispense with the colour, the 3D
and the sound  and display "Avatar" in B/W 2D without sound. But who will come
watch?



Cheers, Michiel

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