Re: 48 bits long prefix

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be>]

Op ma, 07-03-2005 te 11:19 -0500, schreef Claudia Cordova Yamauchi:
> Hi Matthias, 
> 
> Having a prefix length shorter than /64, like /48, is useful in the case
> you want to have more different networks. 
> 
> For example if you have the prefix 2001:DB8:ABC/48, you can use the 16
> extra bits to identify your other networks:
> 2001:DB8:ABC:0001/64 for your public servers network
> 2001:DB8:ABC:0002/64 for your employees network
> 2001:DB8:ABC:0003/64 for your mobile users networks, etc

Well, yeah, but you would have those on different physical networks (or,
at least, on different VLANs)

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