From: FTP (ftpatalos.com)
Date: Tue Mar 14 2006 - 08:48:00 CST

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I know the way to have different ports by using NAT but this isn't really what I try to achieve!

If ISPs have a fixed pool of static IP addresses then what happens if we 'spend' all the existing ones and nothing is left for the newcomers?

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 01:29:01PM +0000, Patsy wrote:
> ISP's actually have static IPs, they grant you the use of one from their
> pool, they don't create them. They use virtual hosts in apache to host
> more than one website on one IP address.
>
> You can route connections to X.Y.Z.T:P (if X.Y.Z.T is your static IP) to
> one of the internal computers, but you have to choose which one you want
> to route it to, you can't connect to all 3 on port P from the internet.
>
> Patsy
>
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, FTP wrote:
>
> > but isn't a way to route and translate connections via a existing static IP address? To have 'internal' IPs acting as static in their own right?
> > How do ISPs 'create' their own static IPs?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 01:08:22PM +0000, Patsy wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, FTP wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > my question isn't really OBSD related but I would like to ask if the following scenario can be implemented by using a two NICs OBSD box!
> > > >
> > > > If I get a static IP from my provider, is it possible to 'multiple' this and create my own static IPs which are accessible via the Internet? If the answer is 'yes', is this done via PF configuration?
> > > >
> > > > To make the above more clear. If I have following set-up:
> > > >
> > > > Server 1 : 10.1.1.1 ----------> router ADSL
> > > > Server 2 : 10.1.1.2 ----------> router ADSL----------> 86.178.23.4
> > > > Server 3 : 10.1.1.3 ----------> router ADSL
> > > >
> > > > can I convert to soemthing like this:
> > > >
> > > > Server 1 : 10.1.1.1 ----------> router ADSL----------> 86.x.x.x1 (public static IP!)
> > > > Server 2 : 10.1.1.2 ----------> router ADSL----------> 86.178.23.4
> > > > Server 3 : 10.1.1.3 ----------> router ADSL----------> 86.x.x.x2 (public static IP!)
> > > > ....
> > > > Server N : 10.1.1.N ----------> router ADSL----------> 86.x.x.xN (public static IP!)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your time
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > No it's not possible, your ISP would only send you information that was
> > > destined for the static IP address it assigned you. All data sent
> > > to the other IP's would go to their rightful destination (if the IP
> > > addresses are being used elsewhere) or they would be dropped by your ISP.
> > >
> > > Patsy

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