Hi Karsten, Okay so it is inconvenient at least when we want to get the value of router id from an address.
This discussion does remind me of a saying that mixed notation is not suggested... http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/idr/current/msg12901.html Best regards, Peng > -----Original Message----- > From: sunset4 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karsten > Thomann > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 5:24 PM > To: Fan, Peng > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [sunset4] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-fan-sunset4- > router-id-00.txt > > Hi, > > The mixed notation can't be used, as it is converted to the hex version > automatically and is stored as the /96 case in hex. > ping 2001:db8::192.168.0.1 > Pinging 2001:db8::c0a8:1 with 32 bytes of data: > > At least im not aware of a device which stores the IPv6 address in mixed > notation, they accept it and convert it to the hex notation in /96, afaik. > > Regards > Karsten > > Am 27.06.2014 10:43, schrieb Fan, Peng: > > Hi Karsten, > > > > Thanks for the comment, please see reply inline [FP]. > > > >> I think the solution area should be extended by another possibility > >> to > > embed > >> IPv4 addresses in v6, as the /96 version has to use the hex version > >> of the > > ID, > > [FP] Perhaps we can use the mixed notation, e.g. 2001:db8::192.168.255.1? > > > >> the use of a /80 could be used to store them in a format like > >> 2001:db8::1921:6825:5001 or 2001:db8::0102:5525:0001. > >> If you like to use an even better readable approach you can also use > >> a /64 > > for > >> addresses like 2001:db8::192:168:255:1. > > [FP] Yes these approaches are quite human-friendly, thanks. > > [FP] We can also consider if there is another solution besides address > > mapping and other ideas in the draft. > > > > Best regards, > > Peng > > > >> Regards > >> Karsten > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sunset4 mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sunset4 > > _______________________________________________ > sunset4 mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sunset4 _______________________________________________ sunset4 mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sunset4
