Am 24.10.2011 11:59, schrieb Dan Luedtke:
Isn't it better to change that procedure to not require unnecessary work?
For us this would be sufficient. Something like "If you qualify for an initial /29 you may extend your /32 directly to a /29 an skip the HD-ratio rule." would perfectly match for us. But I can imagine other scenarios where a /29 from the beginning might be more usefull. 6RD is one them.
The space is reserved for growth and to contain fragmentation. Instead of increasing the initial allocation I propose to make it easier to request subsequent allocations from the prior reserved /29. A short notice "hey, we are growing" should be enough. If it's not, then we
Sounds similar. In case you have a /32 and a short notice is enough you can assign a /29 initially and save the time for a subsequent allocation request. In my interpretation "short notice" means you don't have have to fulfill the HD-ratio criteria. There might be other valid reasons than growing.
need to change that. Handing out /29 initially might lead to over-generous network planing, but one should not be having problems getting the rest of one's /29 when growing!
Actually we are having problems to get the rest of our /29. Our plans have changed since we got our /32 and we can't qualify for subsequent allocation due to the HD ratio. But we need the /29 for a complete v6 roll-out based on the current planning. Right now we have no other choice than to change our planning until we fulfill the HD-ratio criteria. An extension of the minimum allocation size would cover our case because it would allow Ripe to give us "our" /29. cheers, Michael -- Michael Adams Tel: +49 221 2222 657 Network Engineering & Design Fax: +49 221 2222 7657 NetCologne Geschäftsführer Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH Dr. Hans Konle (Sprecher) Am Coloneum 9 Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Zankel 50829 Köln HRB 25580, Amtsgericht Köln