Re: [Hampshire] [OT] TalkTalk and low IP addresses

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Author: Andy Smith
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] TalkTalk and low IP addresses

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Hi Chris,

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 01:50:12PM +0100, Chris Dennis wrote:
> I've just been to a client who suddenly lost access to various websites
> including www.hants.gov.uk
>
> It turns out that TalkTalk have assigned to her router an IP address
> like 2.97.x.x, and that Hampshire County Council think that it's
> invalid. See
>
>    http://www.talktalkmembers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=436471

>
> for tedious discussion about this, which says that lots of other sites
> are also having trouble accepting such addresses.


Maybe you could convince some of these people to talk to Leo about
their experiences:

https://lists.uknof.org.uk/pipermail/uknof/2010-June/000664.html

It *might* help, since he would likely be presenting to the type of
people responsible for things like HCC's network.

Cheers,
Andy

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