[c-nsp] IPv6 subnets for point-to-point links

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Sun May 8 05:53:52 EDT 2005


> > Maybe you could point us in the direction of this work? I would
> > need good arguments to start using /64 on point to point links.
> 
> well, we used /24s for p2p in the rip days before cidr.  and i am
> told that v6 space is effectively infinite.  maybe we should use
> /48s for p2p so we don't have to renumber if they become networks.
> </sarcasm>

Yes, some of us remember IOS 8.2 (or thereabouts - long before it was
called IOS), and classful addressing. I don't particularly want to
return to that era...

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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