On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:04:59 +0100 Stiphane Chausson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In a [1]press communiqui (in french, sorry) they say they give 2^64 ip > address to every customer. > To me, total ipv6 beginner, it seems a lot ! > What is bad with "/64" ? > Are they sort of lying ? Playing with words ? > > [1]http://www.iliad.fr/presse/2007/CP_IPv6_121207.pdf Well, in theory 64 bits would be sufficient for 2^64 adresses, but that's not the way IPv6 functions -- in reality they are providing you with exactly 1 usable IPv6 address (link in french), hence the need to NAT or bridge: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Adresses_IPv6 Simon
