[arin-discuss] IPv6 End User Assignments

[Garry Dolley]

On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 03:12:44PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> On May 6, 2009, at 7:43 AM, Matthew Wilder wrote:
>
>> My understanding of /48 is along with the NRPM: that /48 subnets are for 
>> "larger sites".  Not many consumers would use much of their 65,536 /64 
>> subnets in a /48 (at least in my estimation).
>>
> I have a /48 for my household and expect to use more than 256 subnets over 
> time. The
> bottom line is that in IPv6, you don't really think about how much of 
> 65,536 subnets
> will they use, but, rather, is there a chance of using more than 256? OK... 
> The next
> boundary tends to default to /48.

If you don't mind me asking, what kinds of applications / equipment
/ use-cases are you running in your household that would require
more than 256 subnets?

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