IPv6 in the enterprise

S.P.Zeidler spz at serpens.de
Fri Apr 22 08:30:58 CEST 2011


Thus wrote Mark Smith (nanog at 85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org):

> On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:49:38 +0200
> "S.P.Zeidler" <spz at serpens.de> wrote:
> > The original premise was that all hosts including servers should use
> > SLAAC. I gave an example where even a very small setup reaches the point
> > where that is annoying.
> 
> No it wasn't.

Ok, I read you wrong then.

[...]
>    As Erik
>   Kline suggested, a ping6 shorthand command line option such as "%0"
>   or "%default" for pinging the default router would eliminate that
>   problem.

Would the % be strictly necessary? It'll mess with interface identifier
recognition. Given that the route command uses just 'default',
principle of least surprise would use that too.

regards,
	spz
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