On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 11:27:19PM +0800, Kacheong Poon wrote: > Erik Nordmark wrote: > > Makes no sense. > > The behavior of 169.254/16 is standardized in RFC 3927. > > The behavior of IPv4 LLA for one interface is standardized. > But the behavior of using IPv4 LLA for more than one interface > is not defined. While we don't know how to make it work > automatically, it does not mean that a careful manual set up > cannot be done.
The RFC says that LLAs SHOULD NOT be manually configured. I believe that language allows Solaris to give short thrift to anyone using LLAs manually. " Note that addresses in the 169.254/16 prefix SHOULD NOT be configured manually or by a DHCP server. Manual or DHCP configuration may cause a host to use an address in the 169.254/16 prefix without following the special rules regarding duplicate detection and automatic configuration that pertain to addresses in this prefix. [...] Administrators wishing to configure their own local addresses (using manual configuration, a DHCP server, or any other mechanism not described in this document) should use one of the existing private address prefixes [RFC1918], not the 169.254/16 prefix. " Nico --
