Hi, On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 04:11:01PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote:
Would this kind of "voluntary" assignment work in practise? I wouldn't bet a penny on it; ISP's would just do /128 and write the customer contracts so that the other methods would not be possible in practise.
There is nothing voluntary about this.,
Also, I do not see how a wireless device needs /64 when dial-up wouldn't.
It would, if there's a subnet behind it (bluetooth, whatnot). It wouldn't, otherwise.
I think it's common today that e.g. 2 home computers share an internet connection. With mobiles and other gadgets going IP this might increase.
So they get a /64. No discussion necessary. But for a single-user dynamic IP dialup account ("notebook on the road"), this might just be too much overhead. 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