> In some older stacks, there was an issue where a /127 > could have problems due to a deprecated use of a > "unknown" address which could allow the host on one side > of the link to claim both addresses, but that shouldn't > be the case with any up to date implementation. I'm not saying it's bad, I'm glad there are folk happy to use /31 in v4 and /127 in v6. We just prefer /30 and /126, respectively :-). Whatever cuts your mustard... > You're welcome to do as you wish, but, I see no point in > doing so. It just complicates your administration > without providing any benefit. Ummh, how? > > I'm just not sure how many devices you can address on a > > point-to-point link that has only two devices on either > > end of it. > > Any value of n where 2≤n≤18e+18 if you use a /64. > Any value of n where 2≤n≤65,536 if you use a /112 > Any value of n where 2≤n≤4 if you use a /126 > and n=2 if you use a /127 I meant if you're assigning anything shorter than a /126 or /127, as many folks do, particularly with /64's. Mark.
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