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Re: IPv6 Netowrk Device Numbering BP


From: "Fred Baker (fred)" <fred () cisco com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 20:44:19 +0000


On Nov 1, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Masataka Ohta wrote:

We should better introduce partially decimal format for
IPv6 addresses or, better, avoid IPv6 entirely.

With respect, it is already possible to use the decimal subset if you wish. For example, you could write

    2001:dba::192:168:2:1

It wouldn't be very dense, but EID density wasn't the objective.

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