[143407] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: IPv6 end user addressing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cameron)
Tue Aug 9 00:59:09 2011
From: "Cameron" <lists@nurve.com.au>
To: "'William Herrin'" <bill@herrin.us>,
<nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:58:35 +1000
In-Reply-To: <CAP-guGXbSF4V8pM9zJPZ8XhhF8Ve3r_fjU_az3pm90AWsKkHgA@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Herrin [mailto:bill@herrin.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2011 2:30 PM
> To: Chris Adams; nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: IPv6 end user addressing
>=20
> When I send someone on site to do work for me, I don't want to have to
> prepare excessive instructions on how to connect their laptop to the
> local LAN. I want to say, "This switch, this port" and then move on to
> the actual work I sent them there to do.
To be fair, if you're sending someone to site who isn't familiar with
putting a static address on their laptop then you're probably doing =
things
wrong to begin with.
This line of argument isn't going to get us anywhere as for server =
networks,
the benefits of using a /64 are not necessarily beneficial given the
environment.
> You're welcome to run your shop your way.
>=20
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>=20
>=20
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