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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 09:07:47AM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote: > >And even if all active ASses would immediately adopt IPv6, we would > >land at about 18k IPv6 routes. "big deal". > > > >And I don't see multihoming adoption in IPv6 being anywhere quicker > >than in IPv4, so: where is the problem, please? We'll have about 1 > >route per ASN... so even when exhausting the 16bit ASN space, this > >will be only <65k routes. And when will this be, extrapolating active > >ASN growth? 2010? 2015? > > > >Call me a retarded idiot, but I have a really hard time seeing any > >_practicle_ problem with "1 ASN == 1 IPv6 prefix" at all. > > We'll run out of 16-bit ASN space much faster, and have to transition > to 32-bit ASNs. > > Otherwise, by making the policies a bit stricter, we might make do > with 16 bit ASNs, or at least make do with them much longer. My preference lies in making the policies a lot stricter, and actively verifying current delegations. I see a lot of ASN's requested just for fun with no real motive behind it. Therefore I also agree with daniel that there is not really a problem with the 1 ASN == 1 IPv6 Prefix. -- Cliff Albert <[email protected]>
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