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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:12:41 -0700
From: "Eugene M. Kim" <20080111.freebsd.org@ab.ote.we.lv>
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Subject: bridge(4) and IPv6 link-local address
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Hello,

A quick question: Is bridge(4) supposed /not/ to automatically configure 
an IPv6 link-local address?

I'm trying to use it to bridge a wired segment and a wireless segment, 
and router advertisement over bridge0 wouldn't work because, with 
bridge0 lacking a LL address, the router uses a  non-LL address as the 
source address for RA packets, which then is ignored as invalid by other 
IPv6 nodes.

Cheers,
Eugene