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Re: IPv6 Newbie


From: Chris Luke <chrisy () flix net>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:13:18 -0500

Ricky Beam wrote (on Apr 06):
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:20:26 -0400, shake righa <ssrigha () gmail com> wrote:
Can one subnet to include /127 for point to point connections?

That's the equiv of a /31 in IPv4.  Do you use /31's for p-t-p links
in your IPv4 network(s)?

(Yes, I've used /31's before, but only to represent 2 /32's.  And
even that was silly.)

We use /31 (v4) and /127 (v6) for internal PtPs in our mostly-vendor-C network with no special tweaks or odd behaviour. 
YMMV.

There was a talk at the Austin NANOG on this. I asked the audience in a straw-poll what their PtP v6 netmask 
preferences were - resoundingly audience support was for /127's.

Chris.


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