On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Jared Mauch wrote: > >> The ipv6 zealots talking about anything but a /64 for end-site are talking >> about a "business class" service. Even with my static IPs at home, I have >> no need for more than a single /64 to be used in my wildest dreams. I could >> live with ~256 ips for the future. I consider my tech density >> "above-average". > > I don't agree at all. I have 3 /64s in use in my home already. I could fairly > easily go down to 2, but I definitely need at least 2. > > I don't want to handle people like me differently, thus /56 for all > residential customers makes a lot of sense. I see no downside. > > -- > Mikael Abrahamsson email: swm...@swm.pp.se
The downside is that it doesn't provide enough bits for certain kinds of auto-topology management that are being considered by CE vendors. I highly recommend /48 instead. Owen
