[124864] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 Newbie
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Smith)
Tue Apr 6 19:10:33 2010
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 08:39:43 +0930
From: Mark Smith <nanog@85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org>
To: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: <20100406.175417.74715766.sthaug@nethelp.no>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:54:17 +0200 (CEST)
sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
> > > > > Can one subnet to include /127 for point to point connections?
> > > >
> > > > The best advice is to use a /64 unless you have read and understood
> > > > RFC 3627 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3627
> > >
> > > RFC 3627 *and* the following Internet draft:
> > >
> > > http://tools.ietf.org/search/draft-kohno-ipv6-prefixlen-p2p-01
> > >
> > > The problem with ping-pong on point to point links is real.
> >
> > Only if you disable Neighbor Discovery.
>
> You don't have to disable it. "Small, unknown" vendors like Cisco and
> Juniper
As you've already resorted to insulting me, this is my last response.
I don't think you're correct.
> have IPv6 ND disabled on point to point links, and (at least
> for Juniper) there is no option to turn it on.
>
> The problem with ping-pong on point to point links is still very real.
>
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
