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

[David Barak]

--- Andre Beck <cisco-nsp at ibh.net> wrote:

<Lots of completely correct stuff snipped>

> Of course there are reasons to run PTP links
> numbered. They are
> mostly due to the ways routing protocols work and
> establish their
> topology. But it's not an IP axiom to always have
> networks with
> masks, you can live perfectly without them if paying
> certain
> attention and not running certain dynamic routing
> protocols.

one other reason is for monitoring purposes - if you
use an ICMP-based monitoring solution, it's better to
ping the remote serial interface address than the
customer's router ethernet...



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