> > IPv6 is classless; routers cannot blindly make that assumption for > > "performance optimization". > > > Blindly, no. However, it's not impractical to implement fast path switching > that > handles things on /64s and push anything that requires something else > to the slow path.
Any vendor who was stupid enough to do *hardware* switching for up to /64 and punted the rest to software would certainly not get any sales from us. 128 bits. No magic. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no