Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation are you giving out

[Paige Thompson <paigeadele () gmail com>]

makes more sense to hand out /48s imho. theres only a mere 65k /48s per
/32 (or something like that), though.


On 10/09/14 12:29, Mark Andrews wrote:
> In message <1AA6F1A9-D63B-4066-903D-0E8690C7C567 () isi edu>, manning bill writes:
> > yes!  by ALL means, hand out /48s.  There is huge benefit to announcing =
> > all that dark space, esp. when
> > virtually no one practices BCP-38, esp in IPv6 land.
> >
> >
> > /bill
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> and if everyone hands out /48's you just filter /48's.  With a mix of /56
> and /48 you need to filter at the /56 level.  Given enterpises are getting
> /48's it will be simpler overall for everyone to get /48's.
>  
> > On 8October2014Wednesday, at 18:31, Mark Andrews <marka () isc org> wrote:
> >
> > > =20
> > > Give them a /48.  This is IPv6 not IPv4.  Take the IPv4 glasses off
> > > and put on the IPv6 glasses.  Stop constraining your customers
> > > because you feel that it is a waste.  It is not a waste!!!!  It
> > > will also reduce the number of exceptions you need to process and
> > > make over all administration easier.
> > > =20
> > > As for only two subnets, I expect lots of equipment to request
> > > prefixes in the future not just traditional routers.  It will have
> > > descrete internal components which communicate using IPv6 and those
> > > components need to talk to each other and the world.  In a IPv4
> > > world they would be NAT'd.  In a IPv6 world the router requests a
> > > prefix.
> > > =20
> > > Mark
> > > =20
> > > In message <495D0934DA46854A9CA758393724D5906DA244 () NI-MAIL02 nii ads>, =
> > Erik Sun
> > > dberg writes:
> > > > I am planning out our IPv6 deployment right now and I am trying to =
> > figure o=3D
> > > > ut our default allocation for customer LAN blocks. So what is =
> > everyone givi=3D
> > > > ng for a default LAN allocation for IPv6 Customers.  I guess the idea =
> > of ha=3D
> > > > nding a customer /56 (256 /64s) or  a /48 (65,536 /64s) just makes me =
> > cring=3D
> > > > e at the waste. Especially when you know 90% of customers will never =
> > have m=3D
> > > > ore than 2 or 3 subnets. As I see it the customer can always ask for =
> > more I=3D
> > > > Pv6 Space.
> > > > =20
> > > > /64
> > > > /60
> > > > /56
> > > > /48
> > > > =20
> > > > Small Customer?
> > > > Medium Customer?
> > > > Large Customer?
> > > > =20
> > > > Thanks
> > > > =20
> > > > Erik
> > > > =20
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