On Aug 2, 2011, at 10:17 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: >> >> en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> ether 60:33:4b:01:75:85 >> inet6 fe80::6233:4bff:fe01:7585%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 >> inet 192.168.191.223 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.191.255 >> inet6 fd92:7065:b8e::6233:4bff:fe01:7585 prefixlen 64 autoconf >> inet6 2001:470:1f00:820:6233:4bff:fe01:7585 prefixlen 64 autoconf >> media: autoselect >> status: active >> >> Note the multiple prefixes. IPv6 is not just IPv4 with bigger addresses. >> If you want to give your printers, etc. stable IPv6 addesses use ULAs. >> > > Icky. > > > Better yet, just subscribe to an ISP that will give you a static prefix.
Some (probably all) networks need addressing even when they're not attached to a provider. while link-local is necessary it's also probably not sufficient. > Owen > >
