On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 08:37:39PM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:04:14AM -0800, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote:
> > addresses just like any IPv6 unicast address has a scope... That said
> > you can have a multicast address that is node-local, link-local,
> > site-local and global[1].
>
> Yes, but since the smalles network scope is link local, there is no
> difference to v4 broadcast on the wire, or v4 multicast on the nic.
>
Well as the original post suggested VLANs for v4 usage there is
also nothing that says you couldn't still use VLANs or even flows in v6
to limit the extent of link-local scoping.
> BTW: whats your ipv6 application, if i may ask?
>
Actually besides evaluating various IPv6 technologies as well
as working to development new ones, we maintain a large IPv6 native
backbone that nearly circles the globe.
Jeremy
> Greetings
> Bernd
>
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