On 19 June 2014 13:18, STARNES, CURTIS <curtis.star...@granburyisd.org> wrote:
> > 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 > One of the key things with IPv6 (IMHO) is to stop thinking about addresses, and instead just think about networks. Judging by Owen's earlier mail I may not have that quite right and the key might even be to think about hierarchies - in either case counting the number of individual addresses is something we just don't need to do any more. Dan
