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Re: Nat


From: Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:40:50 +1100


In message <00e801d13b96$873e1120$95ba3360$@gmail.com>, "Chuck Church" writes:
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Andrews [mailto:marka () isc org] 
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 7:46 PM
To: Chuck Church <chuckchurch () gmail com>
Cc: 'Matthew Petach' <mpetach () netflight com>; 'North American Network
Operators' Group' <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: Re: Nat


I have a single CPE router and 3 /64's in use.  One for each of the
wireless SSID's and one for the wired network.  This is the default for
homenet devices.  A single /64 means you >have to bridge all the traffic.

A single /64 has never been enough and it is time to grind that myth into
the ground.  ISP's that say a single /64 is enough are clueless.

Mark,

      I agree that a /48 or /56 being reserved for business
customers/sites is reasonable.  But for residential use, I'm having a hard
time believing multi-subnet home networks are even remotely common outside
of networking folk such as the NANOG members.  A lot of recent IPv4 devices
such as smart TVs have the ability to auto-discover things they can talk to
on the network.  If we start segmenting our home networks to keep toasters
from talking to thermostats, doesn't this end up meaning your average home
user will need to be proficient in writing FW rules?  Bridging an entire
house network isn't that bad.

So *you* think the ISPs should *dictate* how a user internally
splits up their network?  There is NO technical reason to NOT give
a customer multiple subnets.  Every technology supports multiple
prefixes. Even with 6rd you *can* give the user multiple subnets.
It's only lazyness (or purchasing incompetence if the BR doesn't
support multiple domains) that results in ISP's handing out single
subnets over 6rd.

Chuck

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Mark Andrews, ISC
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PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: marka () isc org


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