On Mar 14, 2011, at 16:38, Nick Hilliard wrote: >> Doesn't SLAAC give you automatic "MAC address to IP" mapping? It'll save >> you manually doing that (in an otherwise well controlled environment). > > No, it doesn't. On some systems, the mac address is used to create the ipv6 > address, but not on others (e.g. windows 7).
Sorry, I made the mail a bit too short I supposed. "Well controlled environment" in my case is a bunch of relatively homogeneous linux server systems ("plain" hardware and virtualized), all managed by the same team. - ask -- Ask Bjørn Hansen, http://askask.com/