[AusNOG] another ipv6 Q

[Jeroen Massar]

On 2014-07-03 01:54, Joseph Goldman wrote:
> Keeping this on-list, even though specific to my situation, in case it
> answers others questions:
> 
> To chime in on this Skeeve, I currently have a /32 assigned from APNIC
> (inside 2400::/12), so by what your saying I can only advertise the /32
> and never anything bigger (smaller, lol)?

That is correct. You requested PA space (ISP to give out to other
directly connected end-sites) not PI (end-site).

> Should I be requesting a larger /30 from APNIC so I have the opportunity
> to split /32's across sites?

A site is a /48 (unless it is a really large site)

You should have received address space for 1 or multiple sites. If you
are an ISP then you should have received a /32 or, depending on your
justification, a larger prefix.

If you just requested a /32 without actually understanding what it means
to request it, then APNIC needs to revise its policies and require folks
to go to LIR trainings...

> If I own a /32

(side-note: you do not OWN address space, you merely are allowed to use
it for the time being).

> how do I manage multi-homing in regards to trying to
> manage inbound traffic?

You peer in the proper places and carry intra-site traffic over your own
network.

> A decent, easy method of this now is path
> prepending different /24's on your transit providers to try and
> artificially generate more traffic on a peer, how would I go about
> similar things in IPv6? Or is this where having multiple /32's comes in
> to effect and doing the same, but at the /32 level?

An IPv6 /32 is for a ISP, not for an end-site.

If you are an end-site with a network to carry traffic between sites you
requested the wrong address space.

> Is it possible to request blocks from APNIC that fall within a range
> that is allowed to go down to /48? Or is this just problematic in general?

I think you misunderstand the concept of a site and/or which address
space you requested.

Greets,
 Jeroen