Subj : Re: IPV6 and Netgear
To   : Markus Reschke
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Fri Aug 12 2016 06:39:00

-=> Markus Reschke wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 MR> What I've meant is the sub-delegation further down. Your router get's a
 MR> /56 which is huge for a SOHO LAN. The common way is to delegate a /64
 MR> from the /56 to the LAN interface. A proper router allows you to set
 MR> the prefix length for the LAN (take a /x from the provider's /56 and
 MR> put it on the LAN). The next step is to connect another router to your
 MR> LAN, which might be the gateway for your IoT gadgets. That router needs
 MR> a prefix for its LAN, i.e. IoT gadgets. So the IoT router asks the main
 MR> router for a /64 (or whatever is configured), and the main router
 MR> sub-delegates an unused /64 from the provider's /56 to the IoT router.

Yep, makes sense.  At some stage, I would like to be able to use an additional
/64 for ham radio applications.  Won't be happening for a while though.


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