Scott Weeks wrote:
Finally, with VPRNs addresses could be reused. Just put the customers in different VPRNs and duplicate the address scheme. It's 'divide and conquer' methodology. I'm a noobie to VPRNs, so flame me if this isn't feasible. I have doused my flameproof underpants with beer, so I'm protected... :-)
Oh yes. This is a valid methodology. Also, you don't really need every subscriber to be uniquely addressed across your entire network - to the closest PoP site or Super-PoP site is sufficient, depending on your topology. Of course, from your Ethernet switch/DSLAM/FTTx node/whatever, you know where and who the subscriber is, so you're not reliant on IP addressing to authorize content access, either.... aj. (just scrolling back through the messages, thought I'd add that since it was an actual question and nobody answered it.) -- nobody's still really given me a good reason about what problems v6 is solving. hammer, nail, etc.