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Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space
From: Karl Auer <kauer () biplane com au>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:40:58 +1000
On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 23:38 -0400, Matt Addison wrote:
Oliver <olipro () 8 c 9 b 0 7 4 0 1 0 0 2 ip6 arpa> wrote:Additionally, as an alternative to RAs, you can simply point default at the all-routers anycast address.Wouldn't this result in duplicate packets leaving your network if there were more than 1 router listening to 'all routers' and you (at the MAC layer) multicasted to those listeners?
I think Oliver meant the subnet router anycast address. Anycast gets you to one-of-many. The routers work out which of them is currently getting the subnet router anycast traffic. If that router drops out for any reason, another of the routers available on the link takes over. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer () biplane com au) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer GPG fingerprint: AE1D 4868 6420 AD9A A698 5251 1699 7B78 4EEE 6017 Old fingerprint: DA41 51B1 1481 16E1 F7E2 B2E9 3007 14ED 5736 F687
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- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Owen DeLong (Jul 16)
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