On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Tony Hain wrote: > Mika Liljeberg wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 20:32, Tony Hain wrote: > > > Not necessarily. As long as the RA based prefix has a lower metric > > > than the local pseudo interface, there is no reason to disable it. > > > Depending on the implementation, this might allow for a faster > > > recovery when the RA disappears. > > > > Nope. If your network uses 6to4 addressing, you probably want > > to send off-link 6to4 destinations to your default router > > rather than the local 6to4 pseudo interface. > > You clearly missed the point about the lower metric.
Note that "metric" is a bit vague term; it has significantly different implications whether it's applied before or after the longest-prefix-match. Ie. whether it is used as a sequential number in which to look for prefixes in different protocol-specific routing tables or to compare among different routes of the same prefix and length. In almost all cases, it's the latter. -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
