Kacheong Poon writes: > > That and debugging seem like reasonable uses for LLA. > > > I am wondering how it helps in debugging. So suppose the > machine has one interface and is plugged in but it cannot > get any address somehow. Why does having a LLA help?
It allows you to log in from somewhere else and look at the machine to determine what might be wrong with it. If you don't have LLA, and the machine can't connect to the network, then you have a warm brick. (I think you're assuming that the machine in question is a laptop or desktop type machine and thus can be rescued through a console ... I don't think Michael was.) > If > that helps, I suppose assigning a, say 192.168.x.x, will have > the same effect. Debugging already implies human interaction. > So the automatic part of LLA should not matter. Right? I don't know what entity would our could do that "assigning," but, yes, if there's something that could do that, then that'd work. It sounds effectively the same as LLA, though. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
