Am Freitag, 12. August 2005 22:48 CEST schrieb Michael W. Oliver: > On 2005-08-12T21:03:35+0200, Emanuel Strobl wrote: > > Am Freitag, 12. August 2005 20:53 CEST schrieb Emanuel Strobl: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm quiet new to IPv6 so I'd like to ask some questions: > >> > >> So far I know how to generate s site-local address on basis of the > >> MAC address of the interface. That's what FreeBSD does itself for > >> INET6 enabled kernels. > > > > Ok, here I found my first error, it's in fact a link-local addres, no > > site-local. If I need a site-local, is it correct to just assign it > > another (almost similar) address, or should I disable link-local > > autogeneration? > > Don't disable link-local address auto-generation. You can assign your > own addresses, based on the /48 you have been given by your provider or > tunnel broker. Something like this.... > > ifconfig fxp0 inet6 3ffe:dead:beef:cafe::/64 eui64 alias
Ahh, ok, this answers the question how to use eui64 with ifconfig :) And dead beef cafe is kewl ;) (first I'll use FEC0::eui64) Thanks, -Harry P.S.: Do you know what's the clue with the (mac)bit 41 change for eui64? > > That is only if you want to use auto-configured host addresses based on > the (IHMO) wasteful EUI64 junk... topic for another thread (and list, > probably!). There are lots of differing opinions about the usefulness > of EUI64-based auto-config.
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