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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: CIDR FAQ
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 21:14:19 +0200 From: Ruediger Volk <[email protected]> Owen, > > Conclusion: > > > > In the area of routing aggregation IPv6 will do for us *exactly the same* > > as what IPv4 does. > > > With one notable exception.... No allocation legacies. That is there aren't > any old badly-distributed ipv6 addresses floating around. doesn't the transition strategy foresee to embedded the old cluttered IPv4 space into the new supposedly clean IPv6 megaspace... Thus I suspect the allocation legacy will be inherited. While I agree with Yakov that we need to worry about the new allocations, I think that the legacy is large enough that some garbage collection would be well advised - and could be important for survival under current and future growth. Ruediger I thought that the IPv6 address space had fields for a provider number outside of the "legacy" IPv4 address space. Thus "legacy" IPv4 networks can be moved by changing the provider bits in the larger IPv6 address. The routers involved will need to be IPv6 capable, but the individual hosts on a lan continue to use their old IPv4 addresses and do *not* need to be renumbered. The IPv4 networks are now "mobile" and can move from provider to provider providing the routers involved all talk IPv6. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I got this from reading a 3 page overview of IPv6 which I can't find at this momemt. -- [email protected] Internet On-Ramp, Inc. (509)624-RAMP (7267) Spokane, Washington http://www.ior.com/ (509)622-2866 (fax)
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