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> I am from India and use Ethernet based connectivity (which
breaks
> frequently) from a cable ISP who provides a private ip address
> 172.16.x.x and masqed outbound connectivity.
That is really wierd! We have a vpn for a section of Salford Uni with an
IP address of 172.16.x.x and it's completely useless (IMO)
According to whois though, it's owned by ICANN for private purposes so
shouldn't be allocated to anyone!
Well, it is...but it is being done a lot in India. There are many small
home operation ISPs who use Linux based NAT boxes to provide
connectivity to home users. Speed is usually comparable to dial-up 56k
modems, though they are called BROADBAND always-on connections ;-) Guess
the only thing broad about it is the name.
In fact MTNL & BSNL the National telcos provide a similar service using
NAT & address rangs 10.x.x.x, throughout India. I think thatÅ› because
the home user broadband (64K wide) has started to compete with 64K
leased lines which provide a live IP and cost ten or more times as
much.Giving private address space stops the inbound services and makes
the connection much less valuable.
Thats what I want to break out of by using a hosted UML server costing
5-10$/month and getting my NAT box to use a VPN getting the inbound
packets from the hosted ip to my machine. The problem is, I dont know
how? And the issues regarding security/performance etc. involved.
Comments anyone?
With best regards.
Sanjay.