On 08/11/2012 06:39 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> If the duplicates ARE on the same link, then you have
> a real problem at layer 2 anyway. 

It sucks -- e.g., performance-wise.

However, if the layer above 2 employs addressing (e.g. IPv4 and IPv6),
things should still work even in the presence of *this* problem.

Traditional SLAAC addresses deriving the IPv6 address from the (now
non-unique) MAC address introduces a different problem.

Cheers,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
e-mail: fg...@si6networks.com
PGP Fingerprint: 6666 31C6 D484 63B2 8FB1 E3C4 AE25 0D55 1D4E 7492



--------------------------------------------------------------------
IETF IPv6 working group mailing list
ipv6@ietf.org
Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Reply via email to