Hi Ewan/All,
> I'm inclined to add a column to the IPv6 tracking page on the wiki f
Given the exchanges I was thinking the same. I’ve added a column "IPv6 allocation”.
Jeremy
On 17 Mar 2014, at 14:02, Ewan MacMahon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
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>> Sent: 17 March 2014 13:45
>>
>>
>> Indeed - I should have added in my previous mail that Cambridge will
>> allocate addresses in /56 units.
>>
> The other reason why it's good for the universities to have decent
> sized allocations is that it makes that decision simple. You could
> probably cope with a /48, but not if you give everyone a /56, at
> which point you've only got scope for 256 separate allocations. You'd
> have to start getting clever and giving some people smaller chunks
> each depending on their needs, but that's hassle. An institution with a
> /44 can probably get away with giving everyone a /56 without even
> thinking about it and it'll suit pretty much everyone.
>
> I'm inclined to add a column to the IPv6 tracking page on the wiki for
> either 'size of allocation' or possibly just 'what is you allocation'
> for the sites that have IPv6 addresses.
>
> Ewan
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