[PDB User] "ipv4 prefixes" / "ipv6 prefixes" semantics

[Arnold Nipper]

On 02.08.2017 11:40, Job Snijders wrote:

> If we look at a record like https://peeringdb.com/net/1045, what do the
> values behind "IPv4 Prefixes" (250000) and "IPv6 prefixes" (25000)
> actually mean?
> 
> Is this the number of prefixes NTT will announce to any EBGP neighbor?
> Or to some EBGP neighbors? Or is this the recommended maximum prefix
> limit for IPv4 and IPv6?
> 
> Perhaps the website would benefit from changing "IPv4 Prefixes" to
> "Recommended IPv4 Prefix limit" - however that phrasing is slightly too
> long to neatly fit in the column. (I'm not advocating to change the
> field names in the API)
> 
> If we make it shorter: "Max IPv6 Prefixes" I feel that the semantics yet
> again are somewhat ambiguous. Ideas?
> 

Leave it as it is and add an (i) tag which explains in more detail what
the meaning of this field is.

Ideally there would be a description of *all* fields used in PeeringDB.


Personally I always read "IPv4/6 prefixes" as ""Recommended IPv4/6
Prefix limit"



Arnold
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