IPv6 in the enterprise
Daniel Roesen
dr at cluenet.de
Tue Apr 19 16:46:44 CEST 2011
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 03:50:19PM +0200, Asbjorn Hojmark - Lists wrote:
> > I don't understand what the benefits are of then using a GUA a
> > default gateway address on the end-nodes is.
>
> In practice, pinging a link-local address can be difficult for the end-users.
Also for applications that check reachability of their default gateway.
We provide fe80::1 as VRRP link-local virtual IP, alongside a global
unicast virtual IP. Users are supposed to use the global IP as default
gateway (server environment, not desktop LANs).
Best regards,
Daniel
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