Using IPv6 with prefixes shorter than a /64 on a LAN
Owen DeLong
owen at delong.com
Wed Feb 2 01:59:45 UTC 2011
On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:38 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 03:14:57PM -0800, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> On Feb 1, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Jack Bates wrote:
>>> There are many cases where ULA is a perfect fit, and to work
>>> around it seems silly and reduces the full capabilities of IPv6. I
>>> fully expect to see protocols and networks within homes which will
>>> take full advantage of ULA. I also expect to see hosts which don't
>>> talk to the public internet directly and never need a GUA.
>>>
>> I guess we can agree to disagree about this. I haven't seen one yet.
>
> What would your recommended solution be then for disconnected
> networks? Every home user and enterprise user requests GUA directly
> from their RIR/NIR/LIR at a cost of hunderds of dollars per year or
> more?
For a completely disconnected network, I don't care what you do,
use whatever number you want. There's no need to coordinate that
with the internet in any way.
For a network connected to a connected network, either get GUA from
an RIR or get GUA from the network you are connected to or get
GUA from some other ISP/LIR.
There are lots of options.
I'd like to see RIR issued GUA get a lot cheaper. I'd much rather see
cheap easy to get RIR issued GUA than see ULA get widespread use.
Owen
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