On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Jeroen Massar wrote: > My humble opinion on this matter: > > - Use a /64 on a link where multiple hosts could reside (ethernet, > wavelan, ..) > This ensures that when one needs to renumber to another provider one > doesn't get a smaller prefix. > And autoconfigure can work in this setup. > > - Use EUI-64 where possible > Makes it easier to autoconfigure. > But don't hesitate to use anything else if you really want to. > It's your /64, *you* have to manage it, it's *your* problem. > Also note that at a corporation you might not be the only one managing > the network. > You might go away for some reason and another person has to do the > work then.
Nobody is disputing this in the case of many hosts (e.g. LAN). > - Tunnels which will never be native should use a /127 simply to > conserve space. Did you read the draft? > And if you really really want to use a /120 on your ethernet, have fun > with it configuring all your boxes. > This does imply that IPv6 stack implementors shouldn't limit, software > _could_ warn though that it breaks stuff. > Ofcourse one could setup DHCPv6 or something to serve /120's... Nobody has suggested they're going to do this. -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
