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The prefix is too long and it's not the same at every site. When I'm at a different location, the biggest problem is usually figuring out if they use 192.168.0
by wolvoleo 4mo ago
The prefix is too long and it's not the same at every site.
When I'm at a different location, the biggest problem is usually figuring out if they use 192.168.0 or 192.168.1 :)
- tcfhgj 4mo agolucky you, IPV6 indeed uses the same prefix everywhere: fe80::
- vaylian 4mo agoNitpick: The subnet fe80/10 is for link-local addresses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address#IPv6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address#IPv6). However, it is not an analog to the RFC 1918 IPv4 subnetworks. 192.168/16 is a private IPv4 subnet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network#IPv4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network#IPv4) and the equivalent for IPv6 is the fd00/8 subnet (RFC 4193).
- brewmarche 4mo agoAnd with ULAs (fd00::/8) you can pick your own prefix. Officially you should pick a random one to prevent collisions when you connect private networks, but you can choose something memorable if you don’t care about that