Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:56:19 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> Subject: Re: IPv6 site local EUI-64 adresses and jails Message-ID: <200508122257.52878@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <20050812204807.GA59974@gargantuan.com> References: <200508122053.29480@harrymail> <200508122103.45543@harrymail> <20050812204807.GA59974@gargantuan.com>
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--nextPart1918663.MrqR5t6jPZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Am Freitag, 12. August 2005 22:48 CEST schrieb Michael W. Oliver: > On 2005-08-12T21:03:35+0200, Emanuel Strobl wrote: > > Am Freitag, 12. August 2005 20:53 CEST schrieb Emanuel Strobl: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm quiet new to IPv6 so I'd like to ask some questions: > >> > >> So far I know how to generate s site-local address on basis of the > >> MAC address of the interface. That's what FreeBSD does itself for > >> INET6 enabled kernels. > > > > Ok, here I found my first error, it's in fact a link-local addres, no > > site-local. If I need a site-local, is it correct to just assign it > > another (almost similar) address, or should I disable link-local > > autogeneration? > > Don't disable link-local address auto-generation. You can assign your > own addresses, based on the /48 you have been given by your provider or > tunnel broker. Something like this.... > > ifconfig fxp0 inet6 3ffe:dead:beef:cafe::/64 eui64 alias Hmmm, that doesn't work here (6.0-beta2): ifconfig fxp0 inet6 fec0::/64 eui64 alias ifconfig: could not determine link local address -Harry > That is only if you want to use auto-configured host addresses based on > the (IHMO) wasteful EUI64 junk... topic for another thread (and list, > probably!). There are lots of differing opinions about the usefulness > of EUI64-based auto-config. --nextPart1918663.MrqR5t6jPZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC/Q1QBylq0S4AzzwRAiwdAJ4+6AniLSzOijk89+KhWWTm0rytHwCfc+v+ W14EC4tnZ8pNaxmaId/YhJc= =qs/k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1918663.MrqR5t6jPZ--
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