IPv6 prefix lengths

Thu Jan 13 09:49:46 UTC 2011

> Most people do not know about the "multi-homing feature" designed into
> IPv6.  Most people who do, seem to agree that it may not see enough
> practical use to have meaningful impact on routing table growth, which
> will no longer be kept in check by a limited pool of IP addresses and
> policies that make it a little difficult for a very small network to
> become multi-homed.
> 
> This may be another looming IPv6 headache without a sufficient
> solution to set good practices now, before deployment sky-rockets.
> 
It's well known that IPv6 will require a scalable routing solution and that
one has not yet been developed.  I'll be surprised if there isn't more
progress out of IETF on this issue in the near future.

Owen