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

[Crist Clark]

Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 01:19:29PM +0200, Frotzler, Florian wrote:
> 
>>To my knowledge there is mostly a consensus within the IETF (and Ripe
>>:-) IPv6 community to not use /127 for various reasons. Personally I
>>agree to that, whether or not this has a technical background, I would
>>never use a /31 in the IPv4 world so why go for a /127.
> 
> 
> In the IPv4 world, /31 is "the way to go" :-)
> 
> (Just as a side note...)

In the IP world, or any world for that matter, why does one need to
assign a netmask to a point-to-point link at all? A point-to-point
link is, by definition... uh, point-to-point. Netmasks are for broadcast
media.

The need for netmasks on a point-to-point link only happens when you
pretend a broadcast link is point-to-point.

Please enlighten me if I'm missing something here.
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