On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Brian E Carpenter < brian.e.carpenter(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Speaking of that, I've come across 1.1.1.1 in several places in NZ, most recently as the default router on the wireless network in Rotorua public library.

Is it time for a little campaign to get rid of this heresy?

Probably not, presuming it's a /24 or similar network. APNIC has already blacklisted 1.1.1.0/24 (and a few other networks from the 1/8 network), so whilst using it as basically private address space definitely isn't recommended, it shouldn't cause any issues going forward. If they are using 1.0.0.0/8 or something more than just a /24 then it's definitely worthy of some action. Scott.

On 12/01/2011, at 7:16, Glen Eustace wrote:

On 01/11/2011 03:53 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

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Speaking of that, I've come across 1.1.1.1 in several places in NZ, most recently as the default router on the wireless network in Rotorua public library.

Is it time for a little campaign to get rid of this heresy?

I wonder whether there is some techie in Rotorua who has been recommending such a setup. I found the same at the Duxton Hotel, also in the Rotorua area.

Alas try vendor. Cisco had it as a virtual address on their wireless controllers. I believe this is no longer the default, but of course there are all these networks out there that were set and forget, or people simply don't know better/don't care. -- Neil Fenemor Señor Network Engineer FX Networks (m) 021 978 078 (e) neil.fenemor(a)fx.net.nz (w) http://www.fx.net.nz/ (p) 04 498 9565 (f) 04 498 9649 Level 3 FX Networks House 138 The Terrace Wellington

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

Unfortunately I failed to notice the netmask when I was in Rotorua. Do you happen to know whether they advertise 1.1.1.0/24 or something shorter? If it's shorter, something may need to be done, as Scott said.

  Brian

I think this is a standard hotspot gateway that's actually rather widespread throughout NZ. I came across a couple when on holiday before Xmas. One was at Ariti, a bay at the South of Lake Taupo. People are encouraged to login to http://1.1.1.1/ to do the authentication bit . Fortunately the subnet was only a /24 . I forget the name of the company that runs the hotspot though :( Dave