[195232] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Some advice on IPv6 planning and ARIN request, please
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron Gould)
Sat Jul 8 14:31:01 2017
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: "Aaron Gould" <aaron1@gvtc.com>
To: "'Oliver O'Boyle'" <oliver.oboyle@gmail.com>,
"'William Herrin'" <bill@herrin.us>
In-Reply-To: <CAMOPTEzBV-n4DXfpdSj+nydrj=SM717P83EFUrvTpGfwWrr2nw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 13:30:56 -0500
Cc: 'North American Network Operators' Group' <nanog@nanog.org>
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Hi Oliver, et al, I recall from when I attended an ARIN on the Road =
meeting in Austin last year ( https://www.arin.net/ontheroad/ ), that =
the folks at ARIN seemed to be open to discussing with you about getting =
the right size address space into your hands for what you needed to =
accomplish....within reason...and within justification. I won't speak =
for ARIN, but I just seem to remember that they were open to talking =
about it. I don't recall if you said you have actually had dialogue =
with ARIN about getting the "right" amount of address space to =
accomplish what you are looking to do. If not, please reach out to =
them. They've always been helpful and responsive when I've discussed =
IPv4 and also now, v6 with them.
Also, I recall in a v6 online class I did that one point that was made =
was to not take too much time analyzing, but to get moving with v6. I =
think Lee just said you should plan on readdressing a few times. Ok, =
fine. I see that as being possible. You live and you learn. I did =
find myself last year and earlier this year spending A LOT of time going =
over and over and over again, the "best" way to carve up my /32 of v6 =
addresses with fellow engineers. We stopped talking about it for a =
while... then I came back recently and said guys we gotta settle on =
something and go for it ! Well, we did and I'm glad. I'm not saying be =
willy nilly about your v6 space, but settle on something sensible and go =
for it... then be open to course correcting along the way, and readdress =
where you must. I've dual staked a few of my cdn public caches, and am =
talking about dual-stacking 7,000 DSL customers that are currently doing =
NAT444.
v6 is fairly early in my deployment and going fine so far. Btw, I will =
add that I love my 6VPE. Dang MPLS xVPN's make my life so nice and =
manageable. You geniuses out there that invent technology are =
incredible. Keep it up.
-Aaron Gould =20
