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by db48x 174 days ago
That still doesn’t really make sense. Why not run SLAAC on one subnet and have a single firewall rule for the whole thing? You’re not running any major servers on an Android phone, so it won’t be anything complex.
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tsimionescu 174 days ago
SLAAC can only run on a subnet that's larger than /64, which they might not have access to.
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db48x 174 days ago
Strictly speaking it can and does run on subnets that are exactly /64. Does anyone actually hand out smaller delegations today?
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tsimionescu 173 days ago
My point is that they might only be getting 1 /64 from their ISP; or getting a /62 or something small, and needing more subnets anyway. In these situations, you may not have an extra /64 to dedicate to SLAAC for certain devices.
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db48x 173 days ago
Right. I was merely correcting your statement that SLAAC needs more than 64 bits to work with. But my question remains; do any ISPs hand out smaller delegations than a /64?
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