[ppml] IPv6 & /48 [was 2005-1:Business Need for PI Assignment s]

[Bill Darte]

This...in my opinion is THE biggest issue that impacts the v6 ability to
achieve the 2 objectives it most needs to accomplish..... Easy
administration without renumbering or returning for more....AND relatively
conservative allocations.

2^48 seems like a reasonable number of interfaces to exist on a single
subnet, huh? Then.... allocate 16 bits for subnetting if it must be....and
call that /64 the fundamental minimum allocation.  

bd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ppml at arin.net [mailto:owner-ppml at arin.net] On 
> Behalf Of Randy Bush
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:44 PM
> To: Lea Roberts
> Cc: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] IPv6 & /48 [was 2005-1:Business Need for 
> PI Assignments]
> 
> 
> just to throw in a serious bomb, there is no actual real 
> technical reason for the /64 magic boundary.  it's one of the 
> last big pieces of the old v6 religion.  but beware that it 
> does have some ties to ether-like mac addresses and hence 
> auto-numbering.
> 
> randy
>