Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!apple!bionet!agate!labrea!Portia!Jessica!morgan From: morgan@Jessica.stanford.edu (RL "Bob" Morgan) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: ToasterNet (was Re: Running out of Internet addresses?) Message-ID: <4280@Portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 3 Dec 88 01:00:45 GMT References: <8811281821.AA00300@bel.isi.edu> <207@logicon.arpa> <1010@asylum.sf.ca.us> Sender: news@Portia.Stanford.EDU Reply-To: morgan@Jessica.stanford.edu (RL "Bob" Morgan) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 16 John Romkey writes: > I want to see a protocol address space large enough to handle a node > in each household appliance, each piece of electronic equipment, and > several extras per household, office and vehicle. Traffic lights on > the Internet. Stray toasters. And enough addresses left over to > scatter hosts across the inner solar system. In the newspaper the other day there was an article about Echelon, Inc., which apparently is intending to fire up the ToasterNet business in a big way. As I recall, they proposed 48-bit addresses. I personally would feel happier with 128, or maybe even 256. It's a big galaxy. - RL "Bob"