end user assignment best practice
David Magda
dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca
Mon Mar 18 19:44:32 CET 2013
On Mon, March 18, 2013 14:12, Ron Vachiyer wrote:
[...]
> In the case of an IPv6 prefix, the "WAN" interface of the device we
> provide will be using a /64 prefix taken from a pool set aside for
> loopbacks. Is it acceptable practice to number the "LAN" interface using
> a /64 taken from the /48 assigned for the customer, or is it current
> practice to use a second /64 outside of the /48 to route the /48 to
> customer equipment? In other words, in a scenario such as this, are we to
> provide [/64 + /64 + /48] or [/64 + (/48 - /64)] to the end site?
You may want to look at RFC 6164, "Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on
Inter-Router Links":
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6164
It was published in April 2011, so I'm not sure how well-supported it is,
given the pace that RFC adoption often takes.
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