You can probably do it, but, what do you gain by doing so? Owen
On Nov 28, 2011, at 3:37 AM, Dmitry Cherkasov wrote: > Hello everybody, > > It is commonly agreed that /64 is maximal length for LANs because if > we use longer prefix we introduce conflict with stateless address > autoconfiguration (SLAAC) based on EUI-64 spec. But SLAAC is not used > in DOCSIS networks. So there seems to be no objections to use smaller > networks per cable interfaces of CMTS. I was not able to find any > recommendations anywhere including Cable Labs specs for using > prefixes not greater then /64 in DOCSIS networks. Some tech from ISP > assumed that DHCPv6 server may generate interface ID part of IPv6 > address similarly to EUI-64 so MAC address of the device can easily be > obtained from its IPv6 address, but this does not seem like convincing > argument. What do you think? > > > Dmitry Cherkasov
