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Re: why am i in this handbasket? (was Devil's Advocate - Segment Routing, Why?)


From: Masataka Ohta <mohta () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 16:35:38 +0900

Owen DeLong wrote:

Saying /16 is ambiguous depends on IP version.

Not really… A /16 in IPv6 is a lot more addresses, but its still
using the first 16 bits to specify the prefix, same as IPv4.

As I wrote:

: But, it should be noted that a single class B routing table entry
: often serves for an organization with 10000s of users, which is
: at least our case here at titech.ac.jp.

the number of remaining bits save the first 16 matters, which depends
on IP version.

                                                Masataka Ohta


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