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A wired connection to a house in the US usually only supports a single IP to be shared by everyone in the house. Kids also access the internet from more than th
by zamadatix 4mo ago
A wired connection to a house in the US usually only supports a single IP to be shared by everyone in the house. Kids also access the internet from more than their home (e.g. libraries), so this also runs into overlap elsewhere too.
- nancyminusone 4mo agonot with ipv6
- zamadatix 4mo agoThat's the unusual part (for wired connections in the US at least) and it's story isn't much better, it just didn't make much sense to detail its "why"s when the usual part (IPv4) already doesn't work for much simpler reasons.
- dTal 4mo agoMobile phones rather famously tend not to be plugged into landlines.