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Re: Using IPv6 with prefixes shorter than a /64 on a LAN


From: Chuck Anderson <cra () WPI EDU>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 18:38:46 -0500

On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 03:14:57PM -0800, Owen DeLong wrote:
On Feb 1, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Jack Bates wrote:
There are many cases where ULA is a perfect fit, and to work 
around it seems silly and reduces the full capabilities of IPv6. I 
fully expect to see protocols and networks within homes which will 
take full advantage of ULA. I also expect to see hosts which don't 
talk to the public internet directly and never need a GUA.

I guess we can agree to disagree about this. I haven't seen one yet.

What would your recommended solution be then for disconnected 
networks?  Every home user and enterprise user requests GUA directly 
from their RIR/NIR/LIR at a cost of hunderds of dollars per year or 
more?


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