[127969] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Band)
Wed Jul 21 16:12:11 2010
From: Alex Band <alexb@ripe.net>
In-Reply-To: <43139732-735A-429A-9F9A-41FB2092D0B9@delong.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:11:05 +0200
To: Owen DeLong <diverflyer@gmail.com>
Cc: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Hi Owen,
The RIPE NCC does actually ask for an addressing plan before we allocate =
a /32 IPv6, so I didn't phrase my opening email 100% accurate; we don't =
just blindly hand it out. On the other hand, we don't do rigorous checks =
if it is actually any good, or appropriate for their network.
What we see in the real world, is that many LIRs haven't requested a v6 =
allocation yet because they simply wouldn't know where to begin making =
an addressing plan. Then there is the group that sent in an addressing =
plan, got their allocation, and starting trying some things implementing =
it. In a lot of cases, they get stuck because reality was a lot =
different than what they thought it would be, and put the allocation in =
a drawer since it's not that urgent yet.
This exercise is for both those groups. Just to get them going, =
understanding the basics.
Cheers,
Alex
On 21 Jul 2010, at 21:53, Owen DeLong wrote:
> First, think this is very wrong teaching. I think we should be =
stressing the need to develop an addressing and subdivision plan FIRST, =
then request an appropriate amount of IPv6 space.
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> I will endeavor to review and comment on the exercises later, but I =
wanted to convey this point first.
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> Owen
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jul 21, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Alex Band <alexb@ripe.net> wrote:
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>> We've been working on an exercise for the IPv6 training course we =
deliver for LIRs. It's aimed at people who are unfamiliar with IPv6, so =
the goal is to get them to the point where once they get their IPv6 /32 =
allocation, they have a good idea how to subdivide prefixes over their =
network and how to write an addressing plan.
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>> Here's a PDF with the exercise (two pages A3): http://bit.ly/c7jZRJ
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>> I'm curious to hear if you think it's clear and useful.
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>> Cheers,
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>> Alex Band
>> RIPE NCC Trainer
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>> (Big props go to Marco Hogewoning @XS4ALL)
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