[arin-ppml] Automatic IPv6 Eligibility

james machado hvgeekwtrvl at gmail.com
Thu Aug 13 19:15:18 EDT 2015


John,

A /64 is just one network.  Arguments have been made that a smart
phone "needs" multiple /64's just to run IPv6 much less a "site" or
building.  The current fight is between a /56 and a /48 for each
customer as internal networking in v6 is going to happen.  Much
discussion has been happening on both Nanog and IPv6-ops mailing
lists.

James

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:59 PM, John Santos <JOHN at egh.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe off-topic, but the recommendation for assigning a /48 to each of
> the ISP's customers...  Does that apply only to business customers
> and organizations, etc., or does it also apply to residential customers?
> Why would a residence (unless they're network hackers like most of us)
> ever need more than a /64, let alone 2^16 /64's?  I don't see any obvious
> use case for people subnetting their house or appartment :-)
>
> I'm sure this has been discussed to death here and elsewhere.  I've not
> yet been involved in any large-scale IPv6 deployments (just our lone LAN
> that easily fits in a IPv4 /24, and doesn't yet have any off-site IPv6
> connectivity), so I'm trying to internalize IPv6 best practices before
> screwing up too badly.
>
> --
> John Santos
> Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.
> 781-861-0670 ext 539
>
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