On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 10:32:05PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > > Just out of curiosity, assuming we're 15 years in the future, I'm > > > > connecting > > > > my *networkbox* to an ISP and I do neighbourdiscovery, would I get a /48 > > > > from my ISP (assuming it has some way of verifying my relation with > > > > them)? > > > > > > With current policy you should. But there is a movement of thought > > > towards /56's becoming the standard. > > > > hmm, what's the reasoning behind the change? > > Just a guess: Home networks probably won't need /48 networks. >
I'm working on a research project where subnetting might actually be very much appliccable, for example when you are using NEMO and you have several mobile routers (each with its own /64 or bigger subnet), and you still want to keep part of your entire prefix to be subnettable outside of the HA's realm, then you may feel a little bit cramped by a /56. To be honest, having 4 /58 ranges available is still quite enough not to be very worried, but I don't feel comfortable when even before IPv6 has any sort of acceptance, the freedom of a wide address space is already taken away.... Cheers /Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
