On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 01:55:51PM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote:

[Disabling zeroconf when an address is allocated otherwise.]
> Actually I read it entirely the other way -- the RFC recommends
> *against* doing it the way that has been done on these platforms.

The behaviour it's complaining about is the way that most (if not all,
can't remember) existing implementations will immediately deconfigure
the link local address if they get another address, ignoring the
disruption this causes to existing network use.

Section 1.9 says:

| For these reasons, a host SHOULD NOT have both an operable routable
| address and an IPv4 Link-Local address configured on the same interface.

and then goes goes on to discuss procedures for phasing out the link
local address, including a MUST requirement to stop advertising it.
Failing over the other way (from asigned to link local) is optional
behaviour, though.

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