[6bone] semi-newbie Q on IPv6 address planning

[Joao Luis Silva Damas]

At 8:00 -0700 31/7/02, Michel Py wrote:
>Nick,
>
>>  Do we have to stick to allocating in lots of 8 bits?
>No. Same is v4, any bit boundary is valid.
>
>>  Is a /44 allocation valid?
>Absolutely. In your case, you could use any prefix you want between /33
>and /48. The prefixes from /48 to /64 are the customer's responsibility,
>not yours (except for your infrastructure).
>
>>  And what is a /126 allocation for a point-to-point link?
>
>Not good, it violates RFC2373.

Why?

>  You should use a /64 for point-to-point
>links.

Why?

>  It is typical to allocate a /48 for your ptp links.

It is convenient, yes.

Joao