Subj : Re: IPV6 and Netgear
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Thu Aug 11 2016 08:06:00

-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Kees van Eeten <=-

 MvV> @MSGID: <57AB0CF2.1815.fido-ipv6@freeway.apana.org.au>
 MvV> @REPLY: <57AA439E.1810.fido-ipv6@freeway.apana.org.au>
 MvV> @TZ: 0078
 MvV> Hello Kees,

 MvV> On Tuesday August 09 2016 22:06, you wrote to me:

 MvV>  MvdV>> Having to enter only the host part instead of the entire 128
 MvV>  MvdV>> bit address makes sense.

 KE>  No it is confusing. It only makes sense if you only use one subnet
 KE>  In my setup it works for 2001:980:42ea:1::.....
 KE>  But what about the subnet. 2001:980:42ea:fd::.....

 MvV> Good point. I was only looking at my own situation. My bad. The
 MvV> modem/router combo that I am presently testing has no visible way to
 MvV> enable more than the first /64 of the /56 that I am assigned by my ISP.
 MvV> I had already noted that down as a minus point, but hadn't thought
 MvV> beyond that.

 KE>  To me it looks like only hosts on the direct connected LAN can be
 KE> exposed to the Internet. When you think about it. It is probably not a
 KE> bad thing, but it is a limitation that forced upon me. I'd rather
 KE> decide for myself.

 MvV> Same here. If I get assigned a /56, I want to be able to use all of it
 MvV> the way I want.

/56 is standard for my ISP. :)  I haven't tried to use addresses outside the
first /64 yet.  Maybe I'll have to define a separate /64 for experimentation
(like tunneling ham radio over IPv6), which will also be experimentation for
routing. :)


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