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Comcast has a huge network but none of their customers are only talking to each other, they're talking to Verizon's customers and Google and Facebook and Amazon
by zrm 9y ago
Comcast has a huge network but none of their customers are only talking to each other, they're talking to Verizon's customers and Google and Facebook and Amazon. Everyone has to interconnect with everyone else regardless of how big they are.
All it takes to be a proper peer on the internet is a public IP address.
- bpicolo 9y agoMy ISP rotates through ipv6 addresses now (and frequently, at least several times a day). Makes that tough
- toomuchtodo 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_DNS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_DNS https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DDNS_-_How_to_setup_Custom_DDNS_settings_using_embedded_inadyn_-_HOWTO https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DDNS_-_How_to_setup_Cu...
- zrm 9y agoThat isn't much help for running your own DNS server though, since it's is a bit of a chicken and egg problem then. It's also hard to run a mail server on a residential connection because most of them block SMTP. Fortunately there is another alternative, which is to get your public address from somewhere other than your local ISP. Some VPN providers offer a static IP or you can set up your own VPN to a VM on any cloud host and forward incoming traffic back over the tunnel.
- takeda 9y agoThat feels like assholish thing to do. The great thing about IPv6 was that there's enough of them that everyone and everything could get one. If it changes it defeats that purpose.