On Jun 2, 2013 11:18 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Subnet anycast is not a supported feature or requirment in my network. > > > > > > As subnet anycast is a integral part of IPv6, you might not want to > > > support or require it, but the gear will implement it and thus one point > > > it will bite you as suddenly it won't work. > > > > > > Likely though you are just putting the PtP links as 2x /128 and not as a > > > /127 on the link. The former works, the latter breaks. > > > > Funny, /127 works great for "real" point to point links (SDH). I tried > > it just now on an Ethernet link between a JunOS 11.4 box and an IOS XR > > 4.2.3 box in my lab - and it seems to work just great there too. > > > > What is the real usage of IPv6 subnet anycast? > > Some interesting discussion on the use of /127 - but I still haven't > seen any info on the real usage of IPv6 subnet anycast. I'm tempted to > draw the conclusion that nobody uses IPv6 subnet anycast. > > (As opposed to the *normal* way of doing anycast, which is the same for > IPv4 and IPv6, and which we and many others use to great effect for DNS > and similar services.) > > Steinar Haug, AS 2116
Perhaps somebody should formally move that function to historical status so it stops coming up. CB
