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Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently?
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer () mauigateway com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:09:59 -0700
--- rcarpen () network1 net wrote: From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen () network1 net>
--- jrhett () netconsonance com wrote: From: Jo Rhett <jrhett () netconsonance com>
I've finally convinced $DAYJOB to deploy IPv6. Justification for the IP space is easy, however the truth is that a /64 is more than we need in all locations. However the last I heard was that you can't effectively announce anything smaller than a /48. Is this still true? Is this likely to change in the immediate future, or do I need to ask for a /44? ----------------------------------------------------
A /48 is 65536 /64s and a /44 is 16x65536 /64s. If you only need one subnet (1 subnet = 1 /64), why would you try to get 16x65536 subnets, rather than the 65536 you have in the /48?
------------------------------------------------------- He said it was for multiple sites. --------------------------------------------------- DOH! Note to self: focus on the outage and don't respond to NANOG while troubleshooting. ;-) scott
Current thread:
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently?, (continued)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Edward Dore (Oct 14)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Scott Weeks (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Randy Carpenter (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Jo Rhett (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Randy Carpenter (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Justin M. Streiner (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? William Herrin (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Owen DeLong (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Randy Carpenter (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Jimmy Hess (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Randy Carpenter (Oct 11)
- Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently? Randy Carpenter (Oct 11)