On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 11:08 +0000, bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 09:44:38PM +1100, Karl Auer wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 10:30 +0000, bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com wrote: > > > > The RA contains a preference level... maybe that doesn't cut it if > > > > > > I point you to a fairly common Internet architecture artifact, > > > the exchange point... dozens of routers sharing a common > > > media for peering exchange. > > > > And how do they discriminate now, with IPv4? > > IPv4 has no concept of RA/ND. to make this construct work at > all in IPv6, all participants have to turn -off- RA/ND to prevent > one or more routers trying to impose their views of addressing > on their neighbours.
But my question was not about IPv6. How do IPv4 routers operate in such a situation? Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/~kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: 07F3 1DF9 9D45 8BCD 7DD5 00CE 4A44 6A03 F43A 7DEF
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