v6 subnet size for DSL & leased line customers

Wed Dec 26 21:38:49 UTC 2007

Tony Li wrote:

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> On Dec 26, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
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> It's unlikely that it will matter.  In practice, ICMP router  discovery 
> died a long time ago, thanks to neglect.  Host vendors  didn't adopt it, 
> and it languished.  The problem eventually got  solved with HSRP and its 
> clone, VRRP.

Its been available from microsoft since windows2000, and according to 
documentation, on by default. I am not quite sure this can be blamed on 
vendors as opposed to users.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/33574.mspx?mfr=true