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I've toyed with the idea of buying a /24 as a (probably terrible) investment that I would actually get at least some use out of in the short term (some VPSes li
by anderspitman 6y ago
I've toyed with the idea of buying a /24 as a (probably terrible) investment that I would actually get at least some use out of in the short term (some VPSes like vultr let you bring your own IPs). Anyone have enough experience with this to talk me out of it?
- Thorentis 6y agoWith my investing luck, the world would suddenly switch to 100% IPv6 the day after the sale went through.
- mikestew 6y agoIf that's all it takes, I'm willing to start the co-op that fronts you the money.
- bibabaloo 6y agoIn a similar vein, is there a cost effective way to purchase a single ipv4 address? Just for the novelty I think it'd be cool if I could spend ~$100 to have an ipv4 address that's permanently mine.
- jlgaddis 6y agoI've got plenty I'm not using, I'll give you one. Here, this one's an easy one to remember, you can have it: 127.1. Enjoy!
- fanf2 6y agoThe minimum IPv4 allocation is a /24 because that is the smallest network that can be globally routed. Smaller networks are filtered out of BGP to stop routing tables getting too big too fast. Anything smaller than /24 has to be rented from a network provider who will advertise an aggregate route covering many customers.
- pera 6y agoAFAIK you need to demonstrate a real need to actually acquire a block, this is not like buying a domain name.
- wahern 6y agoI've been thinking about this for a couple of years, because of SMTP IP reputation, ISP & colocation mobility, etc. When I first looked into it a /24 was selling for $4-5k. Now it's selling for $6-7k. See, e.g., https://auctions.ipv4.global/ https://auctions.ipv4.global/ AFAIU, IANA will only transfer blocks to a business entity, so if you're serious about it you might have to first start with that.