Radvd does not really make a node a router either. It just sends out the
RA's on an interface to make other systems on that link believe it is a
router. In order to make a node a real router you need to configure the
routing tables on the node. A simple way of doing this is to use a
static default route on the node pointing to an uplink router (e.g. a
Cisco router) and have a static route on the Cisco pointing to the node
for the prefix advertised by radvd. This obviously assumes your HA is a
node in a bigger IPv6 network and most examples I have seen on this list
are isolated with only a combined HA/router. But you need to keep the
routing in mind when you grow your net. 

If you want more fun you can install the routing package quagga that
comes with most Linux distros.

Leif
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Antti Tuominen
> Sent: Friday, 21 April, 2006 11:16
> To: Benjamin Thery
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mipl
> Subject: Re: [mipl] HAs still need radvds?
> 
> On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 12:36 +0200, Benjamin Thery wrote:
> >   wrote:
> > > In the mipl2.0?
> > 
> > Yes, you still need radvd with MIPL 2.0.
> 
> You should be able to replace it with anything that sends RAs 
> with Mobile IPv6 extensions.
> 
> Point is that HA is supposed to be an IPv6 router.  MIPL does 
> not make node a router, so you need some software that does 
> that.  You could have something more advanced than radvd.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antti
> 
> 
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