2. History of the university IPv6 address space
The university was originally allocated
2001:0630:0051::/48 by JANET. While planning the IPv6
deployment it became apparent that the unique structure of IT
administration in Oxford University meant more subnets would be
required, assuming units were to be making use of EUI-64 addressing
and multiple internal subnets. A /48 would have only
allowed for 256 departments or colleges and there are already 210 in
the collegiate University.
An application was made through JANET to RIPE and as a result the university
now has the larger 2001:630:440::/44
allocation.
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