[GTALUG] odd DHCP participant on Rogers cable internet

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:03:58PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> And what happens when someone tries to get to the real address that
> Rogers happens to be using when they shouldn't???  The RFC1918 addresses
> were designed for this purpose.  Of course the real fix is to move to
> IPv6 ASAP.  In the U.S. Comcast has pretty much switched entirely to
> IPv6.  A major reason was there weren't enough RFC1918 addresses to
> manage their internal network, without segmenting it, which would have
> created other problems.
> 
> According to reports I've read, Belgium is the leader in switching to
> IPv6, with the U.S. and Switzerland vying for 2nd place.  Even Brazil
> and South Africa are well ahead of Canada in switching to IPv6.  Canada
> used to be a world leader in telecom.  Why are we so behind the times now?
> 
> BTW, check the address you're given on your smart phone on Rogers. 
> You'll find it's in the 25.x.y.z range, which is assigned in England. 
> As I mentioned, the problem with using those addresses is that it will
> cause problems for those on Rogers trying to reach the legitimate owners
> of those addresses.

24.114.x.x, which is very much a block assigned to rogers.

So no, my rogers cell does not get a 25.* address.

And rogers did ask iana what to do and was told they could use the 7.*
block because they will never be used for machines on the public internet.

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Len Sorensen