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This is wrong, at least in Europe, static IP is considered to be best practice.

BrandoElFollito 6y ago
I live in France and work in IT and never heard about this "best practice". Who claims that? In use the highest fibre offering from Orange and have a dynamic IP. Fixed IP is for "professionals".
- BlueTemplar 6y ago
  RIPE : https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-690#5-2--why-non-persistent-assignments-are-considered-harmful https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-690#5-2--why-non... That's funny, because I kind of have the "lowest" fiber offering from Orange, and I don't think my IP ever changed ? (I wouldn't bet on it thought.)
  - BrandoElFollito 6y ago
    The RIPE article is about IPv6. I use only v4 I monitor closely my Internet connection (since I serve stuff on it, and also because why not) and I saw my IP changing and wandering throughout the Ile-de-France. I would say that the changes are every 6 months or so (since one of my domain is with Gandi I had to write a checker and change the assignment through their API)
    - BlueTemplar 6y ago
      If you only use IPv4, then these days (with not only the Asiatic countries never having got IPv4, but Europe having ran out if IPv4 addresses), technically you don't have a "real" Internet connection any more.
      - BrandoElFollito 6y ago
        I do not understand what you are saying. Do you imply thet IPv4 is non-existant in Asia?? How having ran out of IPv4 means that there is no "rea" Internet? Honestly - it would be great if IPv6 caught up but the standard, first choice is IPv4.
        BlueTemplar 6y ago
        My bad, I should have said that "some" Asian countries never had enough IPv4 addresses to start with. AFAIK this explains why India is one of the world leaders in IPv6 deployment ? (I've also heard that IPv6-only networks are not uncommon in some Asiatic countries ?) IPv6 has been slowly rolled out for more than a decade now, though AFAIK the standard has only been finalized in 2017. Since 2017, first choice should have been IPv6. "Internet" stands for "International network". If you're using IPv4 only, when someone else uses IPv6 only, then obviously you won't be able to connect to each other. Therefore you aren't on the same network. And only one of them can be "really" called "Internet". (Also, IPv4 was an experimental ARPANET protocol which wasn't supposed to be used "in production" worldwide, but here we are...)
        Dylan16807 6y ago
        Internet stands for interconnected network, with the capital "I" signifying that it's "the" interconnected network.
        BlueTemplar 6y ago
        Not according to my network teacher (for the upper case one), but this is a moot point, since the result is the same.

I live in France and work in IT and never heard about this "best practice". Who claims that? In use the highest fibre offering from Orange and have a dynamic IP. Fixed IP is for "professionals".

BlueTemplar 6y ago
RIPE : https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-690#5-2--why-non-persistent-assignments-are-considered-harmful https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-690#5-2--why-non... That's funny, because I kind of have the "lowest" fiber offering from Orange, and I don't think my IP ever changed ? (I wouldn't bet on it thought.)
- BrandoElFollito 6y ago
  The RIPE article is about IPv6. I use only v4 I monitor closely my Internet connection (since I serve stuff on it, and also because why not) and I saw my IP changing and wandering throughout the Ile-de-France. I would say that the changes are every 6 months or so (since one of my domain is with Gandi I had to write a checker and change the assignment through their API)
  - BlueTemplar 6y ago
    If you only use IPv4, then these days (with not only the Asiatic countries never having got IPv4, but Europe having ran out if IPv4 addresses), technically you don't have a "real" Internet connection any more.
    - BrandoElFollito 6y ago
      I do not understand what you are saying. Do you imply thet IPv4 is non-existant in Asia?? How having ran out of IPv4 means that there is no "rea" Internet? Honestly - it would be great if IPv6 caught up but the standard, first choice is IPv4.
      - BlueTemplar 6y ago
        My bad, I should have said that "some" Asian countries never had enough IPv4 addresses to start with. AFAIK this explains why India is one of the world leaders in IPv6 deployment ? (I've also heard that IPv6-only networks are not uncommon in some Asiatic countries ?) IPv6 has been slowly rolled out for more than a decade now, though AFAIK the standard has only been finalized in 2017. Since 2017, first choice should have been IPv6. "Internet" stands for "International network". If you're using IPv4 only, when someone else uses IPv6 only, then obviously you won't be able to connect to each other. Therefore you aren't on the same network. And only one of them can be "really" called "Internet". (Also, IPv4 was an experimental ARPANET protocol which wasn't supposed to be used "in production" worldwide, but here we are...)
        Dylan16807 6y ago
        Internet stands for interconnected network, with the capital "I" signifying that it's "the" interconnected network.
        BlueTemplar 6y ago
        Not according to my network teacher (for the upper case one), but this is a moot point, since the result is the same.