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Re: Extending a /64

Philip Homburg <pch-ipv6-ietf-6@u-1.phicoh.com> Sun, 15 November 2020 20:18 UTC

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> Again, there are 35 trillion /48s in 2000::/3. How many would you
> need?

It gets tight when you want the prefix to contain 39 bits to number around
half a million planes.

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