I have a few customers whose allocations are /29 away from their nearest neighbor (half a nibble). That seems a little close considering there is a lot of talk about doing nibble boundaries, and there doesn't seem to be consensus yet.
For these customers, I don't think they will need more than a /29, but if we collectively decide that a /28 is the next step from a /32, how will the older allocations be dealt with? This is pretty much a rhetorical question at this point, and I suppose the proper thing to do is to channel these questions toward the PPML for discussion as potential policy. thanks, -Randy -- | Randy Carpenter | Vice President, IT Services | Red Hat Certified Engineer | First Network Group, Inc. | (419)739-9240, x1 ---- ----- Original Message ----- > Randy - > > We'll likely put that out to the ARIN community for consultation > at the point in time when becomes a potential issue. I expect we > will have plenty of time before that needs to be considered at the > present rate of allocation. > > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > ARIN > > On Oct 18, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote: > > > John, > > > > Can you tell us at what degree the bisection stops? i.e. does it > > keep going until there are no spaces left, or will you leave some > > space in between each one to leave some room for future needs for > > orgs that already have allocations? > > > > > > -Randy > > > > -- > > | Randy Carpenter > > | Vice President, IT Services > > | Red Hat Certified Engineer > > | First Network Group, Inc. > > | (419)739-9240, x1 > > ---- > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> On Oct 18, 2010, at 2:18 PM, David Conrad wrote: > >>> On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Jack Bates wrote: > >>>> ARIN does reservations (unsure at what length, but at least down > >>>> to > >>>> /31). > >>> > >>> Do they still do that? Back when I was at IANA, one of the > >>> justifications the RIRs gave for the /12s they received was that > >>> they were going to be using the 'bisection' method of allocation > >>> which removes the need for reservation. Last I heard, APNIC was > >>> using the bisection method... > >> > >> ARIN is doing the same (the 'bisection' method) with our IPv6 > >> management > >> since January 2010: we refer to the "sparse allocation" approach > >> and > >> it > >> was requested by the community during the ARIN/NANOG Dearborn > >> meeting. > >> > >> FYI, > >> /John > >> > >> John Curran > >> President and CEO > >> ARIN