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Re: [v6ops] Apple and IPv6, a few clarifications - 64share

Jeremy Visser <jeremy@sunriseroad.net> Mon, 22 June 2015 11:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Apple and IPv6, a few clarifications - 64share
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On 22/06/15 21:22, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
> It is better to tell the operator to provide a /63 to smartphones (not a
> /64), with DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation.  That will fix it.

Why stop at /63?

If you can think of a use for two subnets, I can think of a use for three.  Or four.  Or sixteen.  Or two hundred and fifty-six...

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