Hi, On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 12:03:08PM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
On 10-aug-04, at 11:31, Gert Doering wrote:
The important thing about the "/6 approach" is that the initial /12s (growing to /8s) are allocated with so much room in between that you *can* grow to a /7 or /6, if necessary, and don't have to start a second (or even more) block per RIR.
Why is that important?
Because you want to avoid fragmentation. Please read up the RIPE-161 thread in the mailing list archives. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 65398 (60210) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299