All Subnets must be /64, all hosts must use EUI-64? (According to RFC3513)

Gordon Stratton gordon.stratton at oregonstate.edu
Tue Jun 2 21:15:01 CEST 2009


Ryan Harden wrote:
> Section 2.5.1 Paragraph 3:
> "For all unicast addresses, except those that start with binary value
>    000, Interface IDs are required to be 64 bits long and to be
>    constructed in Modified EUI-64 format."

Check out RFC 4291[1], appendix A for more information on constructing
those identifiers. Long story short, creation from a 48-bit MAC
identifier is just one way of doing it. You are also free to choose your
own, as long as it is unique on the subnet prefix.

[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291


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