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Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation for Loopback Address


From: Frank Habicht <geier () geier ne tz>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:47:29 +0300

On 10/11/2014 8:41 AM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
For Router Loopback Address .... what is wisdom in allocating a /64 vs /128 ?

The number of IPs addresses used on them subnets on them loopbacks is as
far as I can foresee only one [for each loopback]. So a subnet of size "one
address" should do it.
And that seems to be the same in v4 and v6

Frank


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