On 18 June 2014 19:05, Daniel Ankers <md1...@md1clv.com>replied: >-----Original Message----- >From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ankers >Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 6:37 PM >To: Owen DeLong; nanog@nanog.org list >Subject: Re: Credit to Digital Ocean for ipv6 offering > >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
I have to agree with Dan on this one, Look at the numbers (especially for small to mid-sized business and residential): /56 = 256 /64's subnets /60 = 16 /64's subnets http://www.sixscape.com/joomla/sixscape/index.php/ipv6-training-certification/ipv6-forum-official-certification/ipv6-forum-network-engineer-silver/network-engineer-silver-ipv6-subnetting/ipv6-subnetting-general-subnetting At 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 per /64, that is a lot of address. Right now I cannot get IPv6 at home so I will take getting "screwed" with a /56 or /60 and be estatic about it. Curtis
