--- rcarpen@network1.net wrote: From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@network1.net>

--- jrhett@netconsonance.com wrote: From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>

I've finally convinced $DAYJOB to deploy IPv6. Justification for the IP space is easy, however the truth is that a /64 is more than we need in all locations. However the last I heard was that you can't effectively announce anything smaller than a /48. Is this still true?

Is this likely to change in the immediate future, or do I need to ask for a /44? ----------------------------------------------------

A /48 is 65536 /64s and a /44 is 16x65536 /64s. If you only need one subnet (1 subnet = 1 /64), why would you try to get 16x65536 subnets, rather than the 65536 you have in the /48?

He said it was for multiple sites. --------------------------------------------------- DOH! Note to self: focus on the outage and don't respond to NANOG while troubleshooting. ;-) scott