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Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation for Loopback Address
From: Enno Rey <erey () ernw de>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:52:46 +0200
Hi, On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 02:53:36PM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote:
Hi,Op 11 okt. 2014, om 23:00 heeft Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net> het volgende geschreven:On Oct 11, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy () gmail com> wrote:From my research, various authorities have recommended that a single /64 be allocated to router loopbacks with /128s assigned on interfaces.Yes, this is what I advocate for loopbacks.I often use the first /64 for loopbacks.
I'm not a big fan of using all-zero third or fourth quarters of $PREFIX at all (at least not if one follows RFC 5952 & uses static, short IIDs, which will be case for loopbacks). On a crowded visio diagram it might not be easy to spot that 2001:db8::1, 2001:db8:0:1::1, 2001:db8:1::1 and 2001:db8:1:1::1 are all different addresses, potentially on the same hierarchy level. Hence we prefer to use FFFF or just FF "at some point within the prefix" for loopbacks, e.g. 2001:db8:FF::1 etc. best Enno Loopbacks are often used for management, iBGP etc and having short and easy to read addresses can be helpful. Something like 2001:db8::1 is easier to remember and type correctly than e.g. 2001:db8:18ba:ff42::1 :)
Cheers, Sander
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- Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation are you giving out Roland Dobbins (Oct 09)
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- Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation for Loopback Address Tim Raphael (Oct 11)
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- Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation are you giving out Owen DeLong (Oct 10)
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- Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation are you giving out William Herrin (Oct 09)
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