Might be a case of limitation on public IPv4 addresses. Can&#39;t imagine there is any more SPs still tied to the notion of enforcing security by hiding devices behind NAT. Again, SP end kind of NAT was used to ensure reliance on SP, old school again, as it made it difficult to host any web services within the local environment if only a private IP addresses were used.<div>
<br></div><div>Nyagitari <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Odhiambo Washington <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is there a good reason why Orange Telecom (what is the name?) is doing NAT for 3G users or maybe I am just being silly?<br>
<br>I am looking at the status of my router - I use a dongle on a D-Link DIR-825 - and my WAN IP is <span>10.53.26.48.<br>

<br>However, <a href="http://whatismyip.com" target="_blank">whatismyip.com</a> tells me that my IP address is </span>21<label>2</label>.49<span>.</span><label>8</label>8.1<label>0</label><label>8.<br>

<br>Does this mean some MNOs don&#39;t have a large enough IP space to assign public IPs to subscribers?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></label><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br><a href="tel:%2B254733744121" value="+254733744121" target="_blank">+254733744121</a>/<a href="tel:%2B254722743223" value="+254722743223" target="_blank">+254722743223</a><br>


_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <br>I can&#39;t hear you -- I&#39;m using the scrambler.<br><br>
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