--- rcar...@network1.net wrote: From: Randy Carpenter <rcar...@network1.net> > --- jrh...@netconsonance.com wrote: > From: Jo Rhett <jrh...@netconsonance.com>
> I've finally convinced $DAYJOB to deploy IPv6. Justification for the > IP space is easy, however the truth is that a /64 is more than we > need in all locations. However the last I heard was that you can't > effectively announce anything smaller than a /48. Is this still > true? > > Is this likely to change in the immediate future, or do I need to ask > for a /44? > ---------------------------------------------------- > A /48 is 65536 /64s and a /44 is 16x65536 /64s. If you > only need one subnet (1 subnet = 1 /64), why would you > try to get 16x65536 subnets, rather than the 65536 you > have in the /48? ------------------------------------------------------- He said it was for multiple sites. --------------------------------------------------- DOH! Note to self: focus on the outage and don't respond to NANOG while troubleshooting. ;-) scott
