On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > >> ahh, but with the way IPv6 is 'supposed' to work, those link-level >> addresses are supposed to be routable (and there's no reason to not > > I'm starting to get the impression you don't know what you're talking about. > It's standard in IPv6, for each device to have three IP addresses: The > localhost address, a link local address, and a world routable address. > > The localhost address is analogous to 127.0.0.1, which is the same on every > device, for the purpose of enabling a device to talk to itself, and not > accessible by any other means. > > The link local address is a nonroutable address beginning in fe80::/10 and > the purpose is to enable all IPv6 enabled devices to talk to other IPv6 > enabled devices on the same local area network, even if there is no IPv6 > connectivity to the world. > > And of course, the world routable IPv6 address is what you've incorrectly > called the link-level address above.
In terms of IPv6 you are right, I don't know what I am talking about. I studied it in school 15+ years ago, and have only actually implemented it once. David Lang _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
