On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Joe Loiacono <jloia...@csc.com> wrote:
> > Tim Durack <tdur...@gmail.com> wrote on 02/06/2009 09:28:02 AM: > > > > > Given that ARIN at least is assigning end-user /48s out of 2620::/23 > > it would be useful to accept these announcements. If not end-user PI > > is dead in the water. Some providers might like that. End-users > > probably won't. > > That range alone is 25 bits of routing, equivalent to routing all the way > down to /25s in the IPv4 world. But I don't see how you could route some > /48s without having software to route all /48s and that is hugemongous. And > then times 4 for 128 bits. But, I'm not a routing engine guy, so I'm > probably missing something ... > > Joe I doubt most current hardware can handle an IPv4 world full of /24s, yet they are accepted by most. Tim:>
