Well, traceroutes and other ICMP functions would break. It is occasionally useful to be able to address a specific router interface from someplace other than its connected peer.
-Gabriel -----Original Message----- From: Mike Jones [mailto:m...@mikejones.in] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:16 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Link local for P-t-P links? (Was: IPv6 prefixes longer then /64: are they possible in DOCSIS networks?) ... Am I a complete idiot missing some obvious major issues with link locals, or am i just the only one not thinking IPv4-think? Opinions? :) - Mike
