[lacnog] Fwd: [afnog] IPv 6 Point to Point at /64?

[Alejandro Acosta]

You are not alone

On 6/5/12, Nicolas Antoniello <nantoniello en gmail.com> wrote:
> Hace poco en la lista y el el evento de LACNIC de Quito intercambiamos
> opiniones sobre "que es lo más adecuado para direccionamiento de una
> punto a punto"...
>
> Les adjunto 2 mails sobre la discusión de los /64 para interfaces
> punto a punto... (de un thread de AFNOG).
>
> Me es grato saber que no estoy solo en la creencia de que un /126 es
> suficiente para una PtP !!!
>
> Saludos,
> Nicolas
>
>
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> From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer en nic.fr>
> Date: Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [afnog] IPv 6 Point to Point at /64?
> To: Yasini Kilima <ykilima en tra.go.tz>
> Cc: "afnog en afnog.org" <afnog en afnog.org>
>
>> I know RFC 4291 requires us to configure our Point to Point hosts on
>> ipv6 at /64
>
> It has been deprecated by RFC 6164 "Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on
> Inter-Router Links", which recommends a /127.
>
>
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>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka en seacom.mu> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, June 05, 2012 02:10:58 PM Yasini Kilima wrote:
>>
>>> Can you please Advise on this?
>>
>> At the end of the day, do what you feel is good for your
>> network, provided you don't veer too far away from common
>> network practice.
>>
>> We use /126's for point-to-point links, /112's for LAN's,
>> /48 for large customer assignment and /56's for small/medium
>> customer assignments.
>>
>> Other networks do other things.
>>
>> The one thing to remember is if you want SLAAC, you need to
>> run a /64 on that LAN.
>>
>> The RFC's are great, but they don't always reflect
>> operatioinal realities. So ingest them but be mindful of
>> common sense too. In the end, the RFC's will rewrite
>> themselves to catch up with the day.
>>
>> Mark.
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