we actually permit this at the Data Link but it must appear as one ll to the ip layer. /jim
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Hain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:22 PM > To: Vinayak Prabhu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Multiple link local addresses > > > Vinayak Prabhu wrote: > > Can a node have multiple link local addresses? > > There is nothing to prevent a node from having multiple link local > addresses, but what would be the value? The only thing it would appear > to do is consume resources on the node that has multiple > addresses, and > require all other nodes to decide which address to use when talking to > it. > > Tony > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
