IPv6 prefix lengths

Thu Jan 13 05:25:08 UTC 2011

On Jan 12, 2011 7:50 PM, "Richard Barnes" <richard.barnes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from
> peers/customers?  My employer just got a /48 allocation from ARIN, and
> we're trying to figure out how to support multiple end sites out of
> this (probably around 10).  I was thinking about assigning a /56 per
> site, but looking at the BGP table stats on potaroo.net [1], it looks
> like this is not too common (only .29% of prefixes).  Thoughts?
>

Is it possible you should be using PA space from your ISP? An ISP would have
no issue providing a /48 per site. Not too many details were given about
your requirements or circumstances ... PA may fit.

> Thanks,
> --Richard
>
>
> [1] <http://bgp.potaroo.net/v6/as2.0/index.html>
>