Re: 169.254.0.0/16

[Arturo Servin <arturo.servin () gmail com>]

        Wait!

        Are you suggesting to not use it as intended by RFC6598?

"to
   be used as Shared Address Space to accommodate the needs of Carrier-
   Grade NAT (CGN) devices.  It is anticipated that Service Providers
   will use this Shared Address Space to number the interfaces that
   connect CGN devices to Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)"

        

:)

.as



On 18/10/2012 13:25, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Majdi S. Abbas <msa () latt net> wrote:
>
> >         RFCs are just paper.  As for why they use it.. the common private
> > use reserved blocks (10/8, 172.16/12, 192.168/16) are all in use
> > internally in their customers networks.  This is probably the easiest
> > way to avoid addressing conflicts.
>
> but, but, but!! we have that nifty new '1918' space... 100.64.0.0/10
>
> :)