[address-policy-wg] Re: [ipv6-wg] Joking follow-up

Wed Apr 30 17:01:32 CEST 2008

On 30 apr 2008, at 16:05, <michael.dillon at bt.com>  
<michael.dillon at bt.com> wrote:

> According to current RIPE policy, you assign each one of these DSL or
> cable modem customers with a /48. Mobile phones are different and  
> should
> probably get a /64 since their internal networks will not have
> additional interfaces added.

That is a misconception. If I want to go online with my laptop through  
my mobile phone's cellular link, I need a prefix between the laptop  
and the phone and then something between the phone and the ISP. So  
that could be two separate /64s or some other setup, but just an  
address for the phone doesn't cut it.