>>>> one could equally just make a convention to use link-locals with fe80::1 >>>> and fe80::2 >>>> and /128s on each side if one needed global addresses for sources to >>>> traceroute etc. >>> >>> no, ping/monitoring/data-collection fails in this case. (or needs to >>> be overhauled to collect/test/monitor in new/fun ways) >> >> >> how & why? please, give a more specific example. > > please ping my router, it's interface address is: fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64 > > my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of the > interface either :(
but they can ping whatever global /128 you put on that interface, so why doesn't that solve the problems? cheers, Ole -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
