(sending to list, accidentally missed "reply to all" when I replied to Doug)
Doug Barton wrote: > On 6/12/2011 3:30 PM, Charles Sprickman wrote: >> Can anyone help me understand what the relationship is between address >> resolution for the router > > I don't know what you mean by "address resolution for the router." Layer-2 to Layer-3 mapping and discovery. >> and link-local? Why is this required? Why >> can I ping other hosts on the subnet without enabling link-local? > > link-local is required for IPv6. The gateway address should be the > link-local address, not the GUA. What is the purpose then of the default route statement for IPv6 in rc.conf and why have my providers offered up a non-link-local gateway address? Thanks, Charles _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
