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

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 05:48:48PM +0300, Yucel Guven wrote:
> Routers need to identify networks uniquely, e.g, if a router has 50 x p2p
> subinterfaces, it must know into which subif the packet has to be forwarded.
> For this purpose, netmasks are inevitable.

ip/ipv6 unnumbered exists, and works fine.

no fundamental need for subnets on point to point (!) links.

(Of course there may be local reason why this is desireable, but it's not
a fundamental principle of IP routing)

gert

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