@catsalad (I actually remember a company I worked with early on that had routable IPs for their whole network and was astonished.)
@redrummy That's a scary thought... 😬
@catsalad @redrummy Well...just like with IPv6, "routable" doesn't necessarily mean "reachable."
@jima @catsalad Correct. They did have a proper enterprise-class firewall, but the IP schema still blew my mind.

@redrummy @catsalad Well, that's how IPv4 was supposed to work, before "the internet" escaped the lab and became a household commodity.

My first broadband connection had a whole public /28 β€” unthinkable, by today's standards!

@jima @catsalad I also miss my college unfiltered net that allowed mass Quake fights and the like
@redrummy @catsalad Remember what they took from you, etc etc.
@redrummy There was quite a bit of that in universities that hopped on the Internet fairly early. When I was attending Wichita State, I remember being amazed that they just...had a Class B for their whole network (156.26.0.0/16). As best I can tell, they still have it!
@CiscoJunkie You would expect this kind of thing at a university, birthplaces of the internet, but not some random law firm in Anchorage, Alaska.
@CiscoJunkie So what is your take on Meraki devices? Because I love their convenience, but not their lack of routing options.

@redrummy Haven't had enough of a chance to work with them to form an opinion, unfortunately.

That said, I lean vendor agnostic and (despite my username, which is a holdover from an early work-study job) generally against the big established players.