[GRLUG] IPv6 network nightmare

[Michael Mol]

http://www.reddit.com/r/ipv6/comments/2fnmlj/the_network_nightmare_that_ate_my_week/?sort=confidence

For perspectives of those familiar with IPv6.

Now, while I think privacy addressing is a pain and three halves, I'm primarily with the top comment: Don't use such large layer 2 domains. Switch less, route more. (This improves the behavior of v4 ndtworks, too...)


On September 7, 2014 7:51:38 PM EDT, Christopher House <chouse at gmail.com> wrote:
>Not an IPv6 person at all but thought those on the list might find this
>interesting:
>http://blog.bimajority.org/2014/09/05/the-network-nightmare-that-ate-my-week/
>
>"I have come to the conclusion that so much in IPv6 design and
>implementation has been botched by protocol designers and vendors (both
>ours and others) that it is simply unsafe to run IPv6 on a production
>network except in very limited geographical circumstances and with very
>tight central administration of hosts."
>
>"The fundamental design problem with IPv6 is related to how it
>functions
>over shared layer-2 networks like Ethernet"
>
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