[Dnsmasq-discuss] Cannot assign IPv6 address for /96 subnet

[Sheng Yang]

I am also a little dubious here, but if people want to get some
smaller subnet, do they able to get it anyway on IPv6?

--Sheng

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Brian Haley <brian.haley at hp.com> wrote:
> On 02/08/2013 09:59 PM, Sheng Yang wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> I found I can't assign IPv6 address for /96 subnet.
>>
>> I specified DHCP range use 96 bits prefixes:
>>
>> dhcp-range=fc00:3:1602::7473,96,static
>
> This is in violation of RFC 4862 Section 5.5.3 Item d, right?
>
>     "If the sum of the prefix length and interface identifier length
>      does not equal 128 bits, the Prefix Information option MUST be
>      ignored."
>
> Basically, anything besides a /64 on an Ethernet isn't going to work.
>
> Unless I mis-understood the question?
>
> -Brian