So IPv6 then. (Though that’s 128-bit.)

It wont be long before every toothbrush, dildo and cockring have their own IP addresses. 128bit will have run out by Xmas 2021.

If the IP of the server at her workplace doesn’t conflict with anything locally, then you may be able to do a route add command to redirect her work server down the VPN rather than looking locally.

Or put her laptop on it’s own subnet.

But yes it’s a strange subnet to use for Corporate & changing your own isn’t ideal if it’s quite populated.

IP addresses should be 64 digits long. Alpha numeric.
And unique to every device ever created in the world. Sorted.

What does that do to privacy?

It wont be long before every toothbrush, dildo and cockring have their own IP addresses. 128bit will have run out by Xmas 2021.

Really? there are 340282366920938463463374607431768211456 possible IPv6 addresses, even if you take out the ones which haven’t been released to the public there’s still 42 undecillion IP’s available. I think we’ll be ok for a while 🙂

That may be true if they’re using some cheap consumer-grade DSL router, but enterprise stuff doesn’t have a config at all.

Sensible – how would enterprise IT consultants make money for T5’s and nice mountain bikes, if enterprise kit had standard plug and play config 😉

To be fair, the last few (tech) companies i’ve worked for have only had up to 60 or so employees, and everyone works over wifi on a laptop, so IT infrastructure is to plug in a (flaky) BT business router, change the admin and wifi password and dish out internal IP’s via DHCP. No internal servers, all infrastructure in the cloud.

The side walls on the 2.6 arent much different than the 2.3 so its not going to be like a 29er.

(Assuming you are serious about running out) I don’t think you understand how ip addressing and the internet work.

Here’s your solution, dependant on the capability of your onsite CE router:

On my old Draytek-style unit, it was possible to set up a guest wifi/secondary subnet thing on another SSID. The idea is that this can be shared with transient users. Usefully, it allows the creation of a different RFC1918 scope than from the ‘main’ one.

So what you need to do is interrogate your router’s management pages to see if you have this. You probably will.

If so, set it up with something different to the troublesome range, and when your wife wants to vpn out, get her to use this SSID, or if the router supports it, even a wired connection into this subnet.

I charge £750 per day normally, but if this works, chuck some money in a CF Trust collection tin next time you go past one 🙂

If the IT department are right, presumably many of their other home users have the same issue? Which makes their implementation barmy.

thanks codybrennan – nice try but no facility on Netgear Nighthawk (How cool does that name sound?) to set a different IP scope on the Guest Wifi SSID.

Do you still charge £750 a day if your advice doesnt work? 😉

(Assuming you are serious about running out) I don’t think you understand how ip addressing and the internet work.

Wrong on both counts. Probably…

Right, about to send out the 10 minute warning to all children and InternetOfThings within a 50m radius of my desk because the 0 is about to become a 1. This is like passing round the backside of the moon. If I dont make it back, it all went to shit. Tell my wife I love her and bury me with my bikes.

Ach. Well, it was worth a shot. To be accurate- my employer charges the £750 🙁

You’ll be reet once you readdress. Catch you on the flipside.

You still there Stoner? Stoner…

ping: 24,000ms

Speedy.

@cody there’s a difference between what’s invoiced for and what we get paid eh….

Russell96 – Member

@cody there’s a difference between what’s invoiced for and what we get paid eh….

Absolutely Russ 🙁