[ILUG] Class C Addresses

[Treanor, Ciaran]

> > I'm probably going to regret this but... what's the 
> obsession with have
> > so many public IP addresses? Will a smaller address space 
> and NAT not
> > work in a lot of cases?
> 
> NAT is a hack... cute, but a hack.

OK, I'll go with that.

> > but aren't a couple of IP addresses sufficient for most
> > small-medium sized companies
> 
> nope.

Could you give more detail. I'm honestly curious about this.

> the point of IP is to provide end to end connections. with NAT you're 
> totally breaking this. plus, with NAT, addresses are:
> 
> NAT machine IP:port address

Sorry to be pedantic, but the point of *TCP* is to provide end-to-end
connections.
 
> NAT is a workaround for the IPv4 shortage.

Can't argue with that, but what percentage of people out there can live
perfectly happily with NAT?
 
Ciaran T