On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 13:29 -0500, Jason Gauthier wrote: > Well I was capturing TCP/IP packets because we found an Apache server > working over IPv6.
Would you mind describing in a bit greater detail what you found, and how your attempt was made? Such as, how did you try to connect to the Apache server (via a DNS name or a literal address?), is the Apache server on the same link, and so on? Fredrik Tolf > On 11/24/05, Fredrik Tolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 22:25 -0500, Jason Gauthier wrote: > > Well I mean, what's the use of having an IPv6 address if you > can just > > use your local link address? > > There must be something I still don't understand. > > The point is that the link-local address can only (as the name > implies) > be used on the local link. Routers are forbidden to route it > beyond the > same physical link network. > > Therefore, it is often used when talking to other nodes on the > same > physical link (especially when another link-local address is > used as the > destination address). When talking to nodes on other links, an > address > with larger scope is used. > > What kind of packets is it that you are capturing? Surely, the > link-local address isn't used if you try to contact an outside > host, > such as www.ipv6.org? > > Fredrik Tolf > > > On 11/23/05, Fredrik Tolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 12:15 -0500, Jason Gauthier > wrote: > > > When I capture packets on Windows XP and that I've > set up an > > IPv6 > > > address with a DHCP server, the capture says the > request is > > from the > > > default address that we can't delete on Windows > XP. > > > > By "default address", do you mean the fe80::* > link-local > > address? > > > > > Any idea how I could delete it or change the > default address > > to use? > > > > You cannot delete the link-local address, since the > IPv6 > > specification > > requires that every node has one. As for the source > address to > > use for > > any given packet, that is decided depending on the > destination > > address > > according to RFC 3484. > > > > According to RFC 3484, it is possible to make a > certain > > address > > "preferred" for being used as source address, but > even so, an > > address is > > only tested for being preferred once it has been > selected as a > > candidate > > after being tested for scope similarity. See section > 3.1 of > > RFC 3484 for > > the definition of address scopes. > > > > > I really need him to make requests from the DHCP > address > > given. > > > > Thence comes the real question: Why would you want > that? > > > > Fredrik Tolf > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The IPv6 Users Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
