IPv6 in the enterprise

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> > If you have to guide the end-user through finding the correct link-local interface to ping from, you might as well (and IMO easier) guide them through pinging a GUA, which you know in advance.
> > 
> 
> Asking them to ping a GUA might be just as or if not harder. Imagine
> asking somebody over the phone to type the following in -
> 
> ping6 2001:db8:f16d:2366::1
> 
> 
> I'm curious in part because I'm pretty sure the IPv6 RFCs specify that
> in most cases (BGP being the exception IIRC), next hop addresses are
> specified as link-locals.

As long as the next hop is dynamic (from RA or similar), yes. However,
we expect a significant number of (primarily) servers to have static
addresses and a statically configured next hop, using a GUA.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no