"Huber" == Huber Matthias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Huber> On the other hand I have learned that all global aggregatable Huber> unicast addresses have to use the EUI-64 format for the Huber> interface ID. At least in a Ethernet (I think this is the Huber> majority of the LANs today) this EUI-64 ID is derived from the Huber> MAC address in an reversible way. (Simply adding/removing Huber> 0xFFFE in the "middle"). So my question is why do I need the ND Huber> in a LAN in order to do the address resolution ??? I know that Huber> there must be a simple reason, but I don't know it.
No, this isn't correct. There is no requirement (that I'm aware of) "that all global aggregatable unicast addresses have to use the EUI-64 format for the interface ID." Not at all. So the rest of your argument, I think, falls apart. -- Dave Marquardt Sun Microsystems, Inc. Austin, TX +1 512 401-1077 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
