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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Assigning IPv6 /48's to CPE's?
> No, it gives them 16 bits for subnetting. Everybody gets > 64 bits for addressing because everybody (except oddballs > and enevelope pushers) uses a /64 subnet size. Since 64 > bits are more than anyone could ever possibly need for > addressing and 16 bits is more than an end site could ever > possibly need for subnetting, the /48 is an ideal allocation > size. As should be clear from the previous discussion, there are plenty of us who disagree here, and lean towards /56 for end users (typically residential customers) while business users would get a /48 or more based on need. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected]
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