[131396] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 fc00::/7 ? Unique local addresses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Roesen)
Fri Oct 22 19:37:25 2010
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 01:37:15 +0200
From: Daniel Roesen <dr@cluenet.de>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 08:55:49AM -0500, Jack Bates wrote:
>> I suppose you could run DHCPv6 on a subnet to give hosts addresses
>> but never give them a default gateway, but that would be a little
>> useless no?
>
> Works great when you don't need routing.
Or the default route should point out a different interface.
Think e.g. of DHCP used for a management network. You don't want a
default route, but in case of a routed management network, signal a
set of specific routes.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dec-dhcpv6-route-option-05, there
we go.
Best regards,
Daniel
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