IP4 Space
Seth Mattinen
sethm at rollernet.us
Thu Mar 4 19:06:15 UTC 2010
On 3/4/10 10:52 AM, Thomas Magill wrote:
> So to start off, I'm new to following this list so if these points have
> already been beaten into the ground, feel free to tell me to shut up.
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> So two things I wonder about the preservation of current IP4 space and
> delaying IP6 are:
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> 1. Why don't providers use /31 addresses for P2P links? This
> works fine per rfc 3021 but nobody seems to believe it or use it. Are
> there any major manufacturers out there that do not support it?
>
I posed this to the list in January, and learned that apparently there
are still some vendors whose products choke with presented with a /31.
Search for thread "Using /31 for router links".
~Seth
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