ipv6 network fail (newbie alert)

[Marco Sommani]

On 21/mar/2013, at 15:02, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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


Let me add that link-local addresses need DAD too.

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