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Re: IPv6 prefix lengths


From: Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:01:13 +1100


In message <4D2E776F.2080400 () kenweb org>, ML writes:
On 1/12/2011 10:49 PM, Richard Barnes wrote:
Hi all,

What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from
peers/customers?  My employer just got a /48 allocation from ARIN, and
we're trying to figure out how to support multiple end sites out of
this (probably around 10).  I was thinking about assigning a /56 per
site, but looking at the BGP table stats on potaroo.net [1], it looks
like this is not too common (only .29% of prefixes).  Thoughts?

Thanks,
--Richard


[1]<http://bgp.potaroo.net/v6/as2.0/index.html>


Are you talking about assigning /56s per POP, enterprise site?

If /56s are just in your iBGP..shouldn't be a problem.  You're going to 
aggregate and just announce your /48 to your eBGP peers, yes??

If there are multiple indendent end sites then get a /48 for each of them.
A /48 is for a SITE not a ENTERPRISE.
-- 
Mark Andrews, ISC
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka () isc org


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