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

[Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo <carlos () lacnic net>]

Doing a little introspection, I found myself realizing that one of the
most bothersome aspects of the /64 boundary (for me, just speaking for
myself here) is exactly that, the tendency to the hardcoding of boundaries.

C.


On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Phil Regnauld <regnauld () nsrc org> wrote:
> bmanning () vacation karoshi com (bmanning) writes:
> >  as a test case, i built a small home network out of  /120. works just fine.
> > my home network has been native IPv6 for about 5 years now, using a /96 and IVI.
> >
> > some thoughts.  disable RD/RA/ND.
> >               none of the DHCPv6 code works like DHCP, so I re-wrote
> >                       client and server code so that it does.
> >               static address assignment is a good thing for services like DNS/HTTP
> >               secure dynmaic update is your friend
> >
> > summary - its not easy, vendors don't want to help.  but it can be done.
>
>        Right - /64 is an assumption that's hardcoded many places.
>
>        But it does work.