I think you're confusing very common for a tech guy and very common for the common man. I have a dozen or two v4 subnets in my house. Then again, I also run my ISP out of my house, so I have a ton of stuff going on. I can't even think of a handful of other people that would have more than one. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Finch" <dot@dotat.at> To: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2015 6:17:17 AM Subject: Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion Ricky Beam <jfbeam@gmail.com> wrote:
Talking about IPv6, we aren't carving a limit in granite. 99.99999% of home networks currently have no need for multiple networks, and thus, don't ask for anything more; they get a single /64 prefix.
Personal-area networks already exist. Phone/watch/laptop etc. Virtual machines are common, e.g. for running multiple different operating systems on your computer. And automotive networks need connectivity. There are often separate VLANs for VOIP and IP TV and smart meters. Separate wifi networks tuned for low-latency synchronized audio. So it's very common to have multiple networks in a home with multiple layers of routing. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Shannon, Rockall: South or southeast 5 or 6, increasing 6 or 7 later. Moderate, occasionally rough. Rain, fog patches. Moderate, occasionally very poor.