On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Arthur van Leeuwen wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > > > > > not sure why you need a router for an islated network, but it is pretty > > > easy. just enable ipv6 in the kernel (load the module) and you can use the > > > link level address. > > > > Setting up a router allows you to use global addresses, thereby obviating > > the need to specify which link to use when connecting to another box. Ever > > tried to ping a link-local address? :) > > So assign static 'global' addresses to your wire interfaces. . .
But you'd have to do that for every IPv6 machine on your network, whereas setting up radvd is about as simple, and makes all IPv6 machines on your network work... :) Doei, Arthur. (Believes strongly in stateless autoconfiguration) -- /\ / | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Work like you don't need the money /__\ / | A friend is someone with whom | Love like you have never been hurt / \/__ | you can dare to be yourself | Dance like there's nobody watching
