Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course

[Alex Band <alexb () ripe net>]

Hi Owen,

The RIPE NCC does actually ask for an addressing plan before we allocate a /32 IPv6, so I didn't phrase my opening 
email 100% accurate; we don't just blindly hand it out. On the other hand, we don't do rigorous checks if it is 
actually any good, or appropriate for their network.

What we see in the real world, is that many LIRs haven't requested a v6 allocation yet because they simply wouldn't 
know where to begin making an addressing plan. Then there is the group that sent in an addressing plan, got their 
allocation, and starting trying some things implementing it. In a lot of cases, they get stuck because reality was a 
lot different than what they thought it would be, and put the allocation in a drawer since it's not that urgent yet.

This exercise is for both those groups. Just to get them going, understanding the basics.

Cheers,

Alex

On 21 Jul 2010, at 21:53, Owen DeLong wrote:

> First, think this is very wrong teaching.  I think we should be stressing the need to develop an addressing and 
> subdivision plan FIRST, then request an appropriate amount of IPv6 space.
>
> I will endeavor to review and comment on the exercises later, but I wanted to convey this point first.
>
> Owen
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 21, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Alex Band <alexb () ripe net> wrote:
>
> > We've been working on an exercise for the IPv6 training course we deliver for LIRs. It's aimed  at people who are 
> > unfamiliar with IPv6, so the goal is to get them to the point where once they get their IPv6 /32 allocation, they 
> > have a good idea how to subdivide prefixes over their network and how to write an addressing plan.
> >
> > Here's a PDF with the exercise (two pages A3): http://bit.ly/c7jZRJ
> >
> > I'm curious to hear if you think it's clear and useful.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alex Band
> > RIPE NCC Trainer
> >
> > (Big props go to Marco Hogewoning @XS4ALL)