On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 21:36 -0500, Ross Walker wrote: > >> I can only image phonetically calling these off on a support call, I'd > >> get half way through it and the other end would tell me to "forget it > >> I'll wait until DNS is working again". > > You aren't crippled currently when DNS doesn't work? Because e-mail, > > Active Directory / Kerberos, and numerous other services just-don't-work > > without functioning DNS anyway. I'd say the network-minus-DNS is pretty > > much irrelevant in the real world. > Well, there is DNS down and there is DNS issues causing some sites > problems. These may or may not be due to our DNS servers, you get the > idea. > When your on your router or switch, want to traceroute or find out > what port an address is on... Is there even ARP with v6?
No, IPv6 uses the neighbor discovery protocol; which is in many ways superior to ARP. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbor_Discovery_Protocol> A lot of people will freak out - but once they get used to NDP instead of ARP... _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos