On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 9:10 PM, Olivier Benghozi < [email protected]> wrote:
> Well, /112 is not a stupid option (and is far smarter than /64): it > contains the whole last nibble of an IPv6, that is x:x:x:x:x:x:x:1234. > You always put 1 or 2 at the end, and if needed you are still able to > address additional stuff would the point-to-point link become a LAN. > And you don't throw away billions of addresses like with /64. > Hi Oliver, You can always put 1 and 2 at the end on a /124 as well and add additional devices. These are the same advantages of /124 over /126. And /124 doesn't suffer from ND exhaustion attacks like /112 might. The only thing /112 buys you (that I can see) is a single colon in front of the final digit. I don't see how /112 would be a good choice. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ [email protected] [email protected] Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
