This could be covered under the prefix
FEC0.
This
is
the prefix of a site local address. Site local addresses are the equivalent of a
private IPv4 address.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Saywell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: A use for site local
addresses?
>
> I've only just joined the list - I'm mailing about the proposed abandoning
> of site locals because I'd like to use them!
>
> Basically I'm involved in setting up a community wireless network in
> Southampton, UK. The wireless network itself is a fully routed mesh
> using private (10.13/16) addresses, the long term goal is to get ISPs
> to provide internet gateways which you connect to via a VPN, PPPoE or
> some other method, over which you get a public address.
>
> We'd like to start running v6 on the network alongside the 10.13 addresses
> and site-locals seem like the most sensible choice since it's the only
> allocation of v6 addresses which is going to be available for us to use
> and which is large enough to accomodate a /48 per access point (of which
> there could be hundreds). Obviously the same internet access model could
> be used so you would get a public prefix over the PPPoE connection.
>
> The site-local addresses would only be used for traffic contained within
> the the wireless mesh, if some areas offered open internet access then
> they could advertise an additional prefix routed from their own internet
> connection, thus avoiding any NAT.
>
> Well, that's my use and case for Site-Locals in a nut-shell! I realise
> that this type of deployment is quite a rare case, but I think it
> represents a legitimate use of private addresses.
>
> By the way, another option which would work very well in this type
> of scenario is the geographical based addressing -
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-use-03.txt
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Saywell
>
> Southampton Open Wireless Network
> http://www.sown.org.uk
>
> PhD Student, Dept ECS, Southampton UK.
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