Hi,

please have a look at: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3041.txt

Cheers,

Olaf


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> Hello 
> 
> I have got some basic questions regarding the need to perform DAD and a 
> confirmation would be appreciated
> 
> Obviously DAD is performed to check the uniqueness of the auto-configured 
> data, but since the auto-configured address is formed by appending the prefix 
> advertised by RA with the MAC address of the interface, and since MAC 
> addresses are globally unique then why perfom DAD?
> 
> For example when a MN moves to a visit net, then if for example if the MAC 
> address is AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF and the advertised prefix was 2001:001b::1/64 
> then the newly autoconfigured address would be  
> 2001:001b:0:1:AABB:CCFF:FEDD:EEFF.
> Am I correct? If i am then under what circumstances can this address have a 
> conflict with any other node on the new link as the MAC address is globally 
> unique???
> 
> A reply is eagerly awaited
> 
> ZFaqeer
> 
> 
> 
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