ipv6 network fail (newbie alert)

Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com
Thu Mar 21 15:02:04 CET 2013


On 21/03/2013 13:12, Brandon Ross wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2013, Noel Butler wrote:
> 
>> Since you earlier said you static assigned IP's I see no point in
>> allowing NDP (but I too are no ipv6 expert)
> 
> Mileage may vary, but the standards require that your perform duplicate
> address detection, even when using static addresses, so leaving NDP
> functional is a good idea.

More than that, I think. Assigning static addresses is a clear invitation
to assigning duplicate addresses by a slip of the keyboard. In any case,
you can't prevent unruly hosts performing SLAAC. DAD is unavoidable.

   Brian


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