[ipv6-wg at ripe.net] What is a site?

Hi,

On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:53:52PM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> On 9-mei-2005, at 12:40, Gert Doering wrote:
> 
> >As for the /128s: I think that providing a /64 for a dialup router,
> >negotiating unique host-IDs with incoming PPP clients and then sending
> >RAs for the "shared" /64 down the PPP links will work fine for /128
> >(auto-)assignment.  I'm not sure, though, whether that's fully backed
> >by all relevant specs.
> 
> I don't understand what you mean here... Suppose:
> 
>                                                  host1     host2
> +---------------+     +--------------------+      |        /
> |ISP dial-up box+-ppp-+customer dial-up box+---customer subnet
> +---------------+     +--------------------+      |        \
>                                                  host4     host3

This is not the scenario where /128 would be used for.  

+---------------+     +---------------------+
|ISP dial-up box+-ppp-+customer dial-up HOST+
+---------------+     +---------------------+

is.

For a LAN connection, using a /64 or larger is pretty much a no-brainer.

Gert Doering
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