[routing-wg] Re: IPv6 Routing Recommendations

Tue May 25 16:36:02 CEST 2010

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:20:22PM +0100, Jamie Stallwood wrote:
> In terms of router processing efficiency are there specific prefix
> lengths that are "better" health-wise, e.g. should we encourage routes
> on 4/8/16-bit boundaries?

Surely not. I can remember lingo in the IPv6 spec that specifically
advised vendors to NOT make any assumptions about specific prefix
lengths and base performance optimizations on those.

Best regards,
Daniel

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