Re: [ipv6-wg@localhost] IPv6 TLAs for mobile operators

[Arash Ashouriha <]

Hi there,

A single terminal or mobile device should get /127 and not /64 !
/64 is for 1 network. If the customer need more than 1 Network, he may get /48.

Best regards

Arash Ashouriha


Andreas.Schmid1@localhost schrieb:

> Hi
>
> I am new to this list - hope I do not touch a topic that has been discussed different times in here....
>
> I wonder how mobile operators receive IPv6 address allocations from RIPE NCC? The IPv6 policy paper (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv6policy.html) includes 4 conditions:
>         a) be an LIR;
>         b) not be an end site;
>         c) plan to provide IPv6 connectivity to organisations to which it will assign /48s, by advertising that connectivity through its single aggregated address allocation; and
>         d) have a plan for making at least 200 /48 assignments to other organisations within two years.
>
> Mobile operators fulfill a) and b). But since mobile operators will probably give /64 addresses to their users (a single mobile terminal), they don't fulfill c) and d) - if they are not a traditional ISP in parallel.

> -> how does RIPE treat IPv6 TLA requests from pure mobile operators?

>
>
> thanks for any answer
> Andreas
>
> PS: one might argue that the mobile operators will give a /48 for each mobile terminal. But this would mean that a /32 gives them only 65k mobile terminals to address! A large mobile operator haveing more than 10 Mio customers would need 2^24 addresses resulting in a /24! Is this what is intended to be given to a mobile operator from RIPE? I don't think so....