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Re: IPv6 /48 advertisements

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Dore)
Wed Dec 18 11:23:20 2013

From: Edward Dore <edward.dore@freethought-internet.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <1A5C3257AD8D4946A4B497A6FAF501743C45E5B476@EXCH07-01.apollogrp.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:22:20 +0000
To: Cliff Bowles <cliff.bowles@apollogrp.edu>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org

If you=92re talking about announcing each location separately, then RIPE =
have a couple of useful articles about prefix visibility on Ripe Labs:

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https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/ripe-atlas-a-case-study-of-ipv6-48=
-filtering
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/dbayer/visibility-of-prefix-lengths

Otherwise I guess you=92ll need to talk to your chosen carrier(s) about =
aggregating your space for you, which will come down to their policies =
on what routes they will carry internally.

Edward Dore=20
Freethought Internet=20

On 18 Dec 2013, at 16:11, Cliff Bowles <cliff.bowles@apollogrp.edu> =
wrote:

> I accidentally sent this to nanog-request yesterday. I could use some =
feedback from anyone that can help, please.
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> Question: will carriers accept IPv6 advertisements smaller than /48?
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> Our org was approved a /36 based on number of locations. The bulk of =
those IPs will be in the data centers. As we were chopping up the =
address space, it was determined that the remote campus locations would =
be fine with a /60 per site. (16 networks of /64). There are usually =
less than 50 people at the majority of these locations and only about 10 =
different functional VLANs (Voice, Data, Local Services, Wireless, Guest =
Wireless, etc...).
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> Now, there has been talk about putting an internet link in every =
campus rather than back hauling it all to the data centers via MPLS. =
However, if we do this, then would we need a /48 per campus? That is =
massively wasteful, at 65,536 networks per location.  Is the /48 =
requirement set in stone? Will any carriers consider longer prefixes?
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> I know some people are always saying that the old mentality of =
conserving space needs to go away, but I was bitten by that IPv4 issue =
back in the day and have done a few VLSM network overhauls. I'd rather =
not massively allocate unless it's a requirement.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> CWB
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