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Re: IPv6 end user addressing
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:20:45 -0700
/56 is definitely preferable to /64, but, /48 really is a better choice. /56 is very limiting for autonomous hierarchical deployments. It's not about number of subnets. It's about the ability to provide some flexibility in the breadth and depth of bit fields used for creating hierarchical topologies automatically. Owen On Aug 5, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Brian Mengel wrote:
In reviewing IPv6 end user allocation policies, I can find little agreement on what prefix length is appropriate for residential end users. /64 and /56 seem to be the favorite candidates, with /56 being slightly preferred. I am most curious as to why a /60 prefix is not considered when trying to address this problem. It provides 16 /64 subnetworks, which seems like an adequate amount for an end user. Does anyone have opinions on the BCP for end user addressing in IPv6?
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- IPv6 end user addressing Brian Mengel (Aug 05)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Mikael Abrahamsson (Aug 05)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Owen DeLong (Aug 05)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 05)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Brielle Bruns (Aug 05)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 05)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Brielle Bruns (Aug 05)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Owen DeLong (Aug 05)
- RE: IPv6 end user addressing Frank Bulk (Aug 05)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Sascha Lenz (Aug 06)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Owen DeLong (Aug 06)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Jeff Wheeler (Aug 06)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Owen DeLong (Aug 06)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Jeff Wheeler (Aug 06)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Owen DeLong (Aug 06)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Jeff Wheeler (Aug 09)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Owen DeLong (Aug 09)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Randy Carpenter (Aug 09)
- RE: IPv6 end user addressing Frank Bulk (Aug 05)
- Re: IPv6 end user addressing Mikael Abrahamsson (Aug 05)