Re: need help setting up ipv6

[Arthur van Leeuwen <arthurvl@sci.kun.nl>]

On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 owens@nysernet.org wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Arthur van Leeuwen wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> > >
> > > not sure why you need a router for an islated network, but it is pretty
> > > easy. just enable ipv6 in the kernel (load the module) and you can use the
> > > link level address.
> >
> > Setting up a router allows you to use global addresses, thereby obviating
> > the need to specify which link to use when connecting to another box. Ever
> > tried to ping a link-local address? :)
>
> So assign static 'global' addresses to your wire interfaces. . .

But you'd have to do that for every IPv6 machine on your network, whereas
setting up radvd is about as simple, and makes all IPv6 machines on your
network work... :)

Doei, Arthur. (Believes strongly in stateless autoconfiguration)

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