[ixpmanager] Trouble adding v6 /64

[Kyle Spencer]

... and I do know that adding 18446744073709551616 addresses to IXP
Manager would probably cause the universe to end ;)

On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:48 PM, Kyle Spencer <kyle at stormzero.com> wrote:
> So, I'm trying to add a /64 to my IXP Manager deployment. Having a bit
> of trouble understanding what the interface expects.
>
> Say I want to have my v6 assignments mirror my v4 assignments. My v4
> assignment is 196.223.25.0/24 so I want the the corresponding v6 to be
> 2001:43f8:0130::196:223:25/64
>
> In CIDR, a /64 looks like this:
>
> Start of Range:  2001:43f8:130:0:0:0:0:0
> End of Range:  2001:43f8:130:0:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
> No. of hosts:  18446744073709551616
>
> However, the interface for adding IP addresses doesn't seem to allow this:
>
> 1) The "Start of Address" field seems to allow unlimited input, which
> makes sense.
>
> 2) The "Last Section of First Address" field seems to allow "ffff" as
> the maximum.
>
> 3) The "Number of Addresses" field seems to only allow three digits/characters.
>
> What would I enter into these fields to accomplish what I want?
>
> Regards,
> Kyle Spencer
>
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