Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation are you giving out

[Faisal Imtiaz <faisal () snappytelecom net>]

Yep, understood....... in the ipv6 world we are looking at needing a significantly more 'routing' connectivity, than we 
do in the current ipv4 world.


Thank you.

Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet & Telecom


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Finnegan" <kennethfinnegan2007 () gmail com>
> To: "Faisal Imtiaz" <faisal () snappytelecom net>, nanog () nanog org
> Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2014 12:16:59 AM
> Subject: Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation are you giving out
>
> > What is the wisdom / reasoning behind needing to give a /56 to a
> > Residential customer (vs a /64).
>
> What happens when the resident pulls their car into their garage and
> their car requests a unique /64 so the various computers on the CAN
> can start syncing with the Internet? Car's media center starts
> downloading new music, engine controller uploads diagnostics, GPS
> navigator starts downloading new maps, etc.
>
> Different example: people like Jim Gettys and Dave Taht are pushing
> for consumer routers to start routing between WiFi and Ethernet
> instead of bridging the two out of the box, since WiFi tends to fall
> over so hard on multicast/broadcast traffic. Suddenly their router
> needs two subnets, and either one of them doesn't work, or they have
> to live with reduced WiFi performance.
> --
> Kenneth Finnegan
> http://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/