On Jun 18, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Daniel Ankers <md1...@md1clv.com> wrote:
> On 18 June 2014 19:05, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > OTOH, it's far better than those ridiculous providers that are screwing over > their customers with /56s or even worse, /60s. > > Sad, really. > > Owen > > > Is giving a /56 to residential customers REALLY "screwing them over"? > > It may be a failure of imagination on my part, but I'm struggling to come up > with use cases for the home which would take up even 10% of the networks > available in a /56. And if the vast, vast majority of home users will never > come close to needing the whole of a /56 then I don't see why every home > should be given a /48. > > Dan Yes… It’s not about the number of subnets, it’s about having enough bits wide to automate a hierarchy. 8 bits only allows 1x8 or 2x4, while 16 bits allows significantly more flexibility in topology. Owen
