On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 08:11:53PM -0700, Keith Medcalf wrote: > > I agree that a /48 or /56 being reserved for business > > customers/sites is reasonable. But for residential use, I'm having a hard > > time believing multi-subnet home networks are even remotely common outside > > of networking folk such as the NANOG members. A lot of recent IPv4 > > devices > > such as smart TVs have the ability to auto-discover things they can talk > > to > > on the network. If we start segmenting our home networks to keep toasters > > from talking to thermostats, doesn't this end up meaning your average home > > user will need to be proficient in writing FW rules? Bridging an entire > > house network isn't that bad. > > I have (currently) 6 network segments. One for my "trusted" clients, one > for my "trusted" servers, one for the "entertainment" systems, one for > "dirty & untrustworthy" computers (such as those from $dayjob), one for > "clean" WiFi, and one for dirty WiFi. If there were any additional > classes of devices, they would live in their own subnets as well.
If suspect you probably come under the "networking folk such as NANOG members" exception to the general assertion. - Matt