[afnog] IPv6 - some interesting reading

Frank Habicht geier-lists-afnog at tih.co.tz
Sat Aug 4 03:05:31 UTC 2007


> Broadband assignments (assuming that single router can handle 
> that many connections simultaneously), maybe; backbone 
> network with 20,000 routers on the same subnet, maybe, but 
> even a /96 or /112 can handle that and still have fair room, 
> assuming one has that many routers or ports running stably in 
> a single subnet.
> 
> But then again, to each his own.
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> 
> 
> Perhaps it's my own inability to 'shed my v4 way of thinking', 
> as has been put forth on this and other lists, but as I look
> more and more at v6 I can't escape what Mark has stated above.
> Waste not, want not.  deja vu and all that...
> 
> scott

same here.
But was told in Abuja the /64 thing is in a real RFC.... any pointers?


Frank



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