Hi, On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 06:56:49AM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
Just as a side note: with IPv6, according to current proposals, every customer gets a /48 - that's not 32 IPv6 addresses, but 2^80.
uh, 2^32, as the lower 48 are the mac address (or ersatz-mac for privacy reasons).
Ummm, no - you have 2^16 networks, and can have 2^64 machines in each network (or at least 2^48, assuming "ethernet technology" and unique MAC addresses). Certainly more than 2^32 - but even then, it doesn't matter at all, as it is "enough", and it's a lot more than "32 IPv6 addresses" as in the original proposal I was responding to. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299