Sander Steffann wrote:
Hi Michiel,
I would suggest we wait until we hit the final /12 and assign those addresses as fixed /24 blocks only. Big enough for new entrants to setup their IPv4 network and communicate with the 'legacy' internet of today. Too small for the rest of us and force everyone to dive into the deep with IPv6.
If I understand you correctly this would be something like proposed in http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/address-policy-wg/2009/msg00720...., with a reserved /12 for initial allocations of a fixed /24 size.
Or do you mean something different?
Thanks, Sander
Hi Sander, that indeed is the same, except for the size of the reserved assignments. With a /12 divided into fixed /24 prefixes you will create a pool of 4096 available /24 blocks. Given the current RIPE LIR member count of 5000+ and still growing, that amount of 4096 /24 blocks should be sufficient for a number of years. With kind regards, Michiel Klaver IT Professional