[calix-nsp] IPv6 status

[Frank Bulk - iName.com]

Except you have to build all those VLANs on the centralized router, right?
Or do the router platforms dynamically create those VLANs?

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan White [mailto:dwhite at olp.net] 
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 10:45 PM
To: Frank Bulk - iName.com
Cc: 'Raul Rodriguez'; calix-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: IPv6 status

On 06/08/10 22:33 -0500, Frank Bulk - iName.com wrote:
>We requested and were assigned a /32.  When building my IPv6 addressing
plan
>I discovered that when planning for the future, assigning a /48 to each
>customer, regardless of size, would result in me burning up addresses too
>quickly.  A /56 per customer provided a happy balance for us.
>
>I've heard of other Calix shops doing VLAN per port -- can I ask people why
>they're doing this?  Why not VLAN per service?

Layer two separation, with all layer 3 enforcement done on a centralized
router. Access gear can be very simple in such as approach, with little or
no layer 3 knowledge.

We're also debating whether to use /48 or /56.

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