On May 31, 2013, at 7:22 PM, Ted Lemon <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 31, 2013, at 10:14 PM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: >> The /48 is in order to allow 16 bits of space for automating the deployment >> of hierarchy and routing within the end-site. > > Right, which is ludicrous overkill, given that we have two different > solutions for the problem of efficiently distributing prefixes in the home, > neither of which require 16 bits of prefix unless you have 64k distinct links > in the home. > > Please explicate. What solutions exist today that provide for the home of the future where there are, in fact, multiple levels of routers many of which are managing routers underneath them with multiple links attached? How do these solutions adapt to arbitrary topologies and hierarchies as they are built in the home? I've only seen such capabilities in early development stages. I haven't seen anything like it deployed in the wild. Owen
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