Using IPv6 with prefixes shorter than a /64 on a LAN

Owen DeLong owen at delong.com
Tue Feb 1 17:29:43 UTC 2011


On Feb 1, 2011, at 7:04 AM, Jack Bates wrote:

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> On 2/1/2011 12:03 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> The rest... All those TiVOs, Laptops, Desktops, iPads, etc. all need
>> public addresses anyway, so, why bother with the ULA?
>> 
> 
> I think ULA is still useful for home networks. If the home router guys properly generate the ULA dynamically, it should stop conflicts within home networking. There's something to be said for internal services which ULA can be useful for, even when you do fall off the net.
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> 
> Jack

I prefer persistent GUA over ULA for that.

Owen





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