Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-13 Thread Jeff Wheeler
Richard's employer is exactly the kind of organization that has not been able to effectively multi-home their discrete branch-offices on the IPv4 Internet, because RIR allocation policy set the bar for receiving IPv4 addresses for those small locations just high enough to steer us away from that

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-13 Thread Owen DeLong
Most people do not know about the multi-homing feature designed into IPv6. Most people who do, seem to agree that it may not see enough practical use to have meaningful impact on routing table growth, which will no longer be kept in check by a limited pool of IP addresses and policies that

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-13 Thread Michiel Klaver
At 22-07-28164 20:59, Richard Barnes wrote: Hi all, What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from peers/customers? My employer just got a /48 allocation from ARIN, and we're trying to figure out how to support multiple end sites out of this (probably around 10). I was thinking

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-13 Thread Mohacsi Janos
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Owen DeLong wrote: Most people do not know about the multi-homing feature designed into IPv6. Most people who do, seem to agree that it may not see enough practical use to have meaningful impact on routing table growth, which will no longer be kept in check by a limited

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-13 Thread Luigi Iannone
On Jan 13, 2011, at 10:49 , Owen DeLong wrote: Most people do not know about the multi-homing feature designed into IPv6. Most people who do, seem to agree that it may not see enough practical use to have meaningful impact on routing table growth, which will no longer be kept in check by a

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-13 Thread Joel Jaeggli
if you have multiple sites you should request a direct assignmnet later than /48. previous $employer recieved a /44 direct assignment on the basis of north american footprint. On 1/13/11 4:49 AM, Richard Barnes wrote: Hi all, What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from peers

IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-12 Thread Richard Barnes
Hi all, What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from peers/customers? My employer just got a /48 allocation from ARIN, and we're trying to figure out how to support multiple end sites out of this (probably around 10). I was thinking about assigning a /56 per site, but looking

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-12 Thread ML
On 1/12/2011 10:49 PM, Richard Barnes wrote: Hi all, What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from peers/customers? My employer just got a /48 allocation from ARIN, and we're trying to figure out how to support multiple end sites out of this (probably around 10). I was thinking

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-12 Thread Mark Andrews
In message 4d2e776f.2080...@kenweb.org, ML writes: On 1/12/2011 10:49 PM, Richard Barnes wrote: Hi all, What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from peers/customers? My employer just got a /48 allocation from ARIN, and we're trying to figure out how to support multiple

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-12 Thread Randy Carpenter
longer than a /48 to the outside world. -Randy -- | Randy Carpenter | Vice President - IT Services | Red Hat Certified Engineer | First Network Group, Inc. | (800)578-6381, Opt. 1 - Original Message - Hi all, What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from peers/customers

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-12 Thread Owen DeLong
If you have to route them separately, your best bet is to go back to ARIN under the Multiple Discreet Networks policy and get a block of /48s. Tastes great, fewer problems. Owen On Jan 12, 2011, at 7:49 PM, Richard Barnes wrote: Hi all, What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-12 Thread William Pitcock
Hi, On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:49:15 -0500 Richard Barnes richard.bar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from peers/customers? My employer just got a /48 allocation from ARIN, and we're trying to figure out how to support multiple end sites out

Re: IPv6 prefix lengths

2011-01-12 Thread Cameron Byrne
On Jan 12, 2011 7:50 PM, Richard Barnes richard.bar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, What IPv6 prefix lengths are people accepting in BGP from peers/customers? My employer just got a /48 allocation from ARIN, and we're trying to figure out how to support multiple end sites out of this (probably