Like I said, this was my understanding.... I am glad that it is being pointed out to be in-correct.... I don't have a reason for why a /64 as much as I also don't have any reason Why NOT.... So, let me ask the question in a different manner... What is the wisdom / reasoning behind needing to give a /56 to a Residential customer (vs a /64). Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom ----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Silvester" <sam.silvester@gmail.com> To: "Faisal Imtiaz" <faisal@snappytelecom.net> Cc: "Erik Sundberg" <ESundberg@nitelusa.com>, "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 11:47:01 PM Subject: Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation are you giving out
Why would you only allocate a residential customer a single /64?
That's totally short sighted in my view.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Faisal Imtiaz < faisal@snappytelecom.net > wrote:
We are going thru a similar process.. from all of my reading, best practice discussions etc..
Here is what i have understood so far:-
Residential Customers: /64
Small & Medium size Business Customers: /56
Large Business size or a multi-location Business Customer: /48
Don't skimp on allocating the subnets like we do on IPv4
Better to be 'wasteful' than have to come back to re-number or re-allocate .
Regards
Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet & Telecom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Sundberg" < ESundberg@nitelusa.com >
To: nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 9:18:16 PM
Subject: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation are you giving out
I am planning out our IPv6 deployment right now and I am trying to figure out
our default allocation for customer LAN blocks. So what is everyone giving
for a default LAN allocation for IPv6 Customers. I guess the idea of
handing a customer /56 (256 /64s) or a /48 (65,536 /64s) just makes me
cringe at the waste. Especially when you know 90% of customers will never
have more than 2 or 3 subnets. As I see it the customer can always ask for
more IPv6 Space.
/64
/60
/56
/48
Small Customer?
Medium Customer?
Large Customer?
Thanks
Erik
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