Agreed, We do a /64 allocation which is reserved for each point to point link, but then subnet it to a /126 for actual use. That way we've got a /64 available if it's ever needed, while keeping the broadcast domain small for now when we don't.
JJ Stonebraker IP Network Engineering Grande Communications 512.878.5627 -----Original Message----- From: Justin M. Streiner [mailto:strei...@cluebyfour.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 8:44 AM To: NANOG list Subject: Re: Fw: ipv6 newbie question On Wed, 29 Jan 2014, Nick Hilliard wrote: > On 29/01/2014 17:35, Philip Lavine wrote: >> Is it best practice to have the internet facing BGP router's peering ip >> (or for that matter any key gateway or security appliance) use a >> statically configured address or use EUI-64 auto config? > > how are you going to set up the bgp session from the remote side to an > eui-64 auto configured address on your side? > > best use static here. And make sure to disable RA (with fire, i.e. disable > send + receive + answering solicited requests) and EUI64. If it's a point > to point link, use a /126 or /127 netmask. +1. I've seem some providers do /64 on their point-to-point links. I don't have an issue with that, and the whole /64 vs /126 or /127 debate has been thoroughly beaten into the ground. No need to re-hash it. I have never seen a provider use a pseudo-dynamic address on an interface/BGP peer. Having to reconfigure a BGP session because a provider did a hardware upgrade or moved my link to a new interface would not make me happy. jms
