Subj : List of IPv6 nodes
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Jan 18 2022 17:46:43

Hello Richard,

On Tuesday January 18 2022 14:57, you wrote to me:

 AV>>> That violates the KISS principle.
 MV>> Indeed. It is easier to just give every customer a /56. And just
 MV>> route the first /64 to the LAN, so that the user need not
 MV>> configure anything if he only needs one /64. And the provider
 MV>> does not need to configure anything if the customer needs more.

 RM> It is even simpler to just to hand out a /64 ;)

I disagree.

You have to look al the bigger picture. It violates the rule "give them so much, they will never come back for more". Giving them just a /64 is simple. But then some will come back for more and then you have extra work. You have to give them a different modem and you have to do the adminstration. Of course giving everyone a slightly more complex modem that can deal with a /56 is also extra work to develop the firmware, but that has to be done only once for all customers and you need only one type of modem for all customers. That reduces the load on the helpdesk.


Cheers, Michiel

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