On Oct 10, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Michael Richardson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >>>>>>> "Mikael" == Mikael Abrahamsson <[email protected]> writes: >> >> Agreed. But I think it is worth noting that nd-proxy is practical >> >> in mobile networks where each subscriber gets a unique /64. >> >> >> >> Mobile network attachment has popped up a few times in homenet >> >> discussions. >> >> Mikael> I think ND proxy has some use even in other cases, I would >> Mikael> just like to be sure that there is consensus that this won't >> Mikael> scale to a home with lots and lots of devices. The number 10 >> Mikael> or 16 simulatenous active IPv6 addresses comes to mind, >> Mikael> after that I don't want to know what they have in their home >> Mikael> anymore, they'll have to route it themselves. >> >> So, I think that most of us were thinking that proxy-ND is what the home >> does when the home runs out of it's /60. I don't see why the ISP would >> ever see this. >> >> Or are you saying a mobile device (a smartphone) will only ever get a >> /64 to share? >> > > Today, yes. GSM/UMTS/LTE devices today only support local /64 from > the mobile network, AFAIK... and I have seen implementations of ND > Proxy. I have not seen anything aside from providing one network > provided IPv4 address per mobile device (then the mobile will do its > own NAT44 of that address)... but i may just be missing something > there. My infrastructure is only setup to provide 1 IPv4 address > and/or 1 /64 of IPv6. > > Some future spec's from 3GPP will allow for DHCPv6-PD, but that is > forthcoming standards work and implementations.
Cameron not only beat me with an answer, he provided a more informed one. Thanks! - Mark > > Cameron > > >> -- >> ] He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life! | firewalls >> [ >> ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net >> architect[ >> ] [email protected] http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device >> driver[ >> Kyoto Plus: watch the video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzx1ycLXQSE> >> then sign the petition. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> homenet mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet >> >> > _______________________________________________ > homenet mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
