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Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion
From: Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 08:11:51 -0500 (CDT)
I think you're confusing very common for a tech guy and very common for the common man. I have a dozen or two v4 subnets in my house. Then again, I also run my ISP out of my house, so I have a ton of stuff going on. I can't even think of a handful of other people that would have more than one. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Finch" <dot () dotat at> To: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam () gmail com> Cc: nanog () nanog org Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2015 6:17:17 AM Subject: Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Ricky Beam <jfbeam () gmail com> wrote:
Talking about IPv6, we aren't carving a limit in granite. 99.99999% of home networks currently have no need for multiple networks, and thus, don't ask for anything more; they get a single /64 prefix.
Personal-area networks already exist. Phone/watch/laptop etc. Virtual machines are common, e.g. for running multiple different operating systems on your computer. And automotive networks need connectivity. There are often separate VLANs for VOIP and IP TV and smart meters. Separate wifi networks tuned for low-latency synchronized audio. So it's very common to have multiple networks in a home with multiple layers of routing. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot () dotat at> http://dotat.at/ Shannon, Rockall: South or southeast 5 or 6, increasing 6 or 7 later. Moderate, occasionally rough. Rain, fog patches. Moderate, occasionally very poor.
Current thread:
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion, (continued)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Karl Auer (Jul 08)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Paul Ferguson (Jul 08)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Dave Taht (Jul 08)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Mel Beckman (Jul 09)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Mike Hammett (Jul 09)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Ricky Beam (Jul 08)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Mark Andrews (Jul 08)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Baldur Norddahl (Jul 08)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Owen DeLong (Jul 09)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Tony Finch (Jul 09)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Mike Hammett (Jul 09)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Harald Koch (Jul 09)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Marco Teixeira (Jul 09)
- RE: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Matthew Huff (Jul 09)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Harald Koch (Jul 09)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Dave Taht (Jul 09)
- RE: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Matthew Huff (Jul 09)
- RE: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Tony Finch (Jul 09)
- RE: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Naslund, Steve (Jul 09)
- Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Owen DeLong (Jul 09)
- RE: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Naslund, Steve (Jul 09)