IPv6 prefixes longer then /64: are they possible in DOCSIS networks?

Wed Nov 30 04:31:35 UTC 2011

On Nov 29, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Joel jaeggli wrote:

> On 11/29/11 09:30 , Owen DeLong wrote:
>> I believe those have been obsoleted, but, /64 remains the best choice, IMHO.
> 
> operational practice has moved on.
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6164
> 

RFC 6164 does not say anything bad about using /64.

Owen

>> Owen
>> 
>> On Nov 29, 2011, at 9:00 AM, McCall, Gabriel wrote:
>> 
>>> Note that /127 is strongly discouraged in RFC5375 and RFC3627. 3627 suggests using /112 for router links, or /126 at the very most.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Fred Baker [mailto:fred at cisco.com] 
>>> ...
>>> I see no reason you couldn't use a /127 prefix if the link was point to point.
>>> ... 
>>> 
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