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Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers
From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs () seastrom com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:12:01 -0500
Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net> writes:
Once upon a time, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> said:I think it makes sense to assign as follows: /64 for the average current home user. /56 for any home user that wants more than one subnet /48 for any home user that can show need.Dumb question alert: why the 8 bit boundary? That makes sense for IPv4, where reverse DNS delegation is cumbersome on non-octet boundaries, but IPv6 reverse DNS can be delegated at the nibble boundary. Why not assign /60, /52, etc.? A /60 would probably satisfy virtually all home users (up to 16 subnets) for example.
IPv6 is supposed to last a whole lot longer than the current horizon for any of our imaginations, and given the large amount of space in play it seems prudent to err on the side of giving people more rather than less so as to avoid having to revisit this issue later. ---rob
Current thread:
- v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Scott Weeks (Dec 19)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Randy Bush (Dec 19)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Mark Smith (Dec 20)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Kevin Oberman (Dec 20)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Deepak Jain (Dec 20)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Joe Greco (Dec 21)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Owen DeLong (Dec 21)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Chris Adams (Dec 21)
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- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Chris Adams (Dec 21)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Robert E. Seastrom (Dec 21)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Deepak Jain (Dec 21)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Mark Smith (Dec 20)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Randy Bush (Dec 19)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Joe Greco (Dec 21)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Owen DeLong (Dec 21)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Joe Greco (Dec 21)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Randy Bush (Dec 21)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Joel Jaeggli (Dec 22)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Randy Bush (Dec 22)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Joel Jaeggli (Dec 22)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Randy Bush (Dec 22)
- Re: v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers Joel Jaeggli (Dec 22)