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

[Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>]

On 2/4/2011 10:50 AM, bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:
>         I suspect that many people will do stupid things in managing their
>         bits - presuming that there is virtually infinate 'greenfield' and
>         when they have "pissed in the pool" they can just move on to a new
>         pool.  the downside... renumbering is never easy - even with/especially
>         with IPv6.

The problem is, they'll be restricted by RIR guidelines. I know that 
existing and future IPv6 allocation proposals for ARIN (our immediate 
concern) is based more on end site counts, and a limitation of /48 per 
end site without very good justification.


Jack