ipv6 - New subnet mask too short

[Alain Williams]

I am trying to configure hdcp for IPv6 I am getting the following error:

    dhcpd: /etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf line 59: New subnet mask too short.
    dhcpd: subnet6 2001:4d48:ad51:2f00::5:1/112 

Part of the configuration for that interface is:

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:50:64:01:0B  
          inet addr:192.188.145.254  Bcast:192.188.145.255  Mask:255.255.255.128
          inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:50ff:fe64:10b/64 Scope:Link
          inet6 addr: 2001:4d48:ad51:2f00::5:1/112 Scope:Global


Why is the mask too short, is there a minimum width ?


Here is what it is complaining about:

subnet6 2001:4d48:ad51:2f00::5:1/112 {
        # Two addresses available to clients
        #  (the third client should get NoAddrsAvail)
        range6 2001:4d48:ad51:2f00::5:8000 2001:4d48:ad51:2f00::5:c000;

        # Global definitions for name server address(es) and domain search list
        option dhcp6.name-servers 2001:4d48:ad51:2f00::5:1;
}

Version     : 4.1.1                             Vendor: CentOS
Release     : 31.0.1.P1.el6.centos.1        Build Date: Wed 15 Aug 2012 15:30:18 BST


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