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

[Baldur Norddahl <baldur.norddahl () gmail com>]

On 9 October 2014 19:55, Richard Hicks <richard.hicks () gmail com> wrote:

> The BCOP specfically addresses this in 4b:
> " *b. Point-to-point links should be allocated a /64 and configured with a
> /126 or /127*"

Why do people assign addresses to point-to-point links at all? You can just
use a host /128 route to the loopback address of the peer. Saves you the
hassle of coming up with new addresses for every link. Same trick works for
IPv4 too.

Regards,

Baldur