> > What does Joe Sixpack do at home with a /48 that he cannot do with a > /56 or a /60? > > Flexibility. With dhcpv6 prefix delegation, you are going to want > devices > to be able to request (at least) /60s for further delegation (and > better yet > /56s to allow them to delegate /60s with further delegation when > needed). > > While Joe may not have as complex of an environment as his neighbor > Sue, should we target the common Joe, or the advanced Sue? As I > suspect Owen will say, there is no reason *not* to give out /48s > (ipv6 space is huge), and this is good opportunity to enable the > residential user to not have to work around artificial limits in the > future. > > Gary
Prefix delegation for what? What does Sue do at home that requires 2 levels of prefix delegation inside the house? Does Sue really need to be able to have 65536 subnets instead of 256 in her home? Nathan
