[175222] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation for Loopback
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sander Steffann)
Sun Oct 12 08:53:49 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Sander Steffann <sander@steffann.nl>
In-Reply-To: <3D7B3680-BB82-412B-82AF-5664E48AAD84@arbor.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:53:36 +0200
To: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Hi,
> Op 11 okt. 2014, om 23:00 heeft Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net> =
het volgende geschreven:
>=20
>> On Oct 11, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>> =46rom my research, various authorities have recommended that a =
single /64 be allocated to router loopbacks with /128s assigned on =
interfaces.
>>=20
>> Yes, this is what I advocate for loopbacks.
I often use the first /64 for loopbacks. Loopbacks are often used for =
management, iBGP etc and having short and easy to read addresses can be =
helpful. Something like 2001:db8::1 is easier to remember and type =
correctly than e.g. 2001:db8:18ba:ff42::1 :)
Cheers,
Sander
