Cable modem users could get static IPs soon.

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu May 19 22:21:02 UTC 2011


Anthony de Boer wrote:
> Bottom line is that a proper multi-homing solution ensures that packets
> from you that use the address assigned to you from whichever ISP actually
> go out on that same ISP's link.  Playing fast and loose shouldn't work,
> or may stop working at some future point.
>    

Actually, IPv6 supports multiple routes out of a network.  You could 
have two or more connections to ISPs and addresses on each.  Then it 
really gets fun when you add mobile IPv6 and have forwarding addresses etc.
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