Mukesh Gupta wrote: > Hi, > > Is it required to have a link local address on a tunnel interface. I am > implementing IPv6 in IPv6 tunnels and wanted to know whether I should > install a link local address on the tunnel interface. Is there any > document that talks about this ?
RFC 2373, Section 2.8 requires that a node recognize itself by "Its Link-Local Address for each interface". That would include any virtual interfaces created by a tunnel. > > If it is required, how should I calculate a unique link local address ? Appendix A of 2373 discusses creating EUI-64 identifiers which can be used in the creation of link-local addresses. Regards, Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
