Another v6 question

Fri Jan 28 05:51:03 UTC 2011

On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Jared Mauch wrote:
> 
>> The ipv6 zealots talking about anything but a /64 for end-site are talking about a "business class" service.  Even with my static IPs at home, I have no need for more than a single /64 to be used in my wildest dreams.  I could live with ~256 ips for the future.  I consider my tech density "above-average".
> 
> I don't agree at all. I have 3 /64s in use in my home already. I could fairly easily go down to 2, but I definitely need at least 2.
> 
> I don't want to handle people like me differently, thus /56 for all residential customers makes a lot of sense. I see no downside.
> 
> -- 
> Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se

The downside is that it doesn't provide enough bits for certain kinds of auto-topology
management that are being considered by CE vendors. I highly recommend /48 instead.

Owen