[112047] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 Confusion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leo Bicknell)
Wed Feb 18 16:19:27 2009
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:15:53 -0500
From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
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In a message written on Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 04:11:40PM -0500, Kevin Loch w=
rote:
> Leo Bicknell wrote:
> >It wouldn't be so bad if we could just turn it off. Indeed, in
> >part you can. On a static LAN there is no need for RA's. Static
> >IP the box, static default route, done and done.
> >
>=20
> VRRPv6 however is relevant to static environments and also needs to
> (optionally) work with RA turned off.
Ah yes, another tagent, but absolutely. VRRPv6 is needed not only
because you may want to go 100% static, but also because VRRP can
do things like tracking upstream interfaces that RA cannot do.
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Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org - CCIE 3440
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