Hi, On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 09:56:51AM +0100, Jaka Erjavec wrote:
I was searching www.ripe.net website for a document where it says that IPv4 block can NOT be allocated to resident user (not company).
Can you, guys, please point me to appropriate url?
First of all, a clarification: * "allocated" means "given to a registry". An "allocation" is never given to an end user (be it a company or a resident user). What a local registry (LIR) gets from RIPE is an "allocation". * Address blocks given to "end users" (of all sorts) are "assignments". Then, to answer your question: there is no document that says "resident users must not receive an IP address assignment". The reason for that is: it is perfectly *valid* to give static IP address assignments to end users - provided they provide appropriate documentation that they will use it. If a residential customer has 10 devices at home that all can speak IP, it is *perfectly fine* (!!) to assign a /28 network to this customer. RIPE does *not* mandate dynamic addressing or NAT. (But it is expected that you think about it, before making a decision pro or contra NAT). Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 71007 (66629) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299