RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-09-01 Thread Olivier Vautrin
nt > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6:01 PM > To: Gert Doering > Cc: v6...@ops.ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org > Subject: Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes > > Hi, Gert, > > >> I think you miss my point: they might finally comply with the specs > one

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-31 Thread Fernando Gont
Hi, Gert, >> I think you miss my point: they might finally comply with the specs one >> day (if you ask or not, others might) and you will have forgotten about >> this little subtle problem and upgrade your routers and voila your >> network is broken. > > Cisco understands subnet-anycast, and dis

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-28 Thread Mark Smith
I don't agree with any of your points I'm afraid, and I don't think they'd stand up to any thorough analysis (e.g. /128s verses /64s don't have any significant impact on HD ratios when an ISP gets a _minimum_ of a /32 or 4 billion /64s) However, I don't think this conversation is making any progre

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-28 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:43:21 -0400 > Christopher Morrow wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Mark Smith >> wrote: >> >> > I think IPv6 "CIDR" i.e. longest match rule across the whole 128 bits is >> > really only insurance against havi

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-28 Thread Mark Smith
On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:43:21 -0400 Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Mark Smith > wrote: > > > I think IPv6 "CIDR" i.e. longest match rule across the whole 128 bits is > > really only insurance against having to perform a whole of Internet > > upgrade, similar to what

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-28 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > I think IPv6 "CIDR" i.e. longest match rule across the whole 128 bits is > really only insurance against having to perform a whole of Internet > upgrade, similar to what had to happen when CIDR was introduced, should folk are already holding (

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-28 Thread Mark Smith
Hi Bert, On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:44:31 -0500 "Manfredi, Albert E" wrote: > Mark Smith: > > > Possibly it will be surprising to a number of people on this list, but > > some of the ideas in IPv6 are over 30 years old, such as single, fixed > > size network and node portions, and using link layer

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-25 Thread Manfredi, Albert E
Mark Smith: > Possibly it will be surprising to a number of people on this list, but > some of the ideas in IPv6 are over 30 years old, such as single, fixed > size network and node portions, and using link layer > addresses as layer > 3 node addresses - > > "Address Mappings", Jonathan B. Poste

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-25 Thread Mark Smith
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:57:12 -0400 Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Jared Mauch wrote: > > Operationally the vendors may be violating some RFC, so lets publish what is > > relevant and working today so we can all move on?  We can deal with > > any additional updates a

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-25 Thread Mark Smith
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:55:34 -0400 Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Mark Smith > wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:23:09 -0400 > > Jared Mauch wrote: > > > >> > >> On Aug 23, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > >> > >> > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:55:48 -0400 > >> > Ja

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-25 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:19:03 -0500 "Manfredi, Albert E" wrote: > Mark Smith: > > > Well, GPS was only one of the examples I used, and I was envisioning > > one that is built into the dash. To continue with the > > analogy, how many > > people would buy and install after-market electric windows,

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-24 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Jared Mauch wrote: > Operationally the vendors may be violating some RFC, so lets publish what is > relevant and working today so we can all move on?  We can deal with > any additional updates and items with "how IPv6" works elsewhere or in a > new document so we c

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-24 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:23:09 -0400 > Jared Mauch wrote: > >> >> On Aug 23, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Mark Smith wrote: >> >> > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:55:48 -0400 >> > Jared Mauch wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> On Aug 23, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Mark Smith wrote: >

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-24 Thread Hemant Singh (shemant)
-Original Message- From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of sth...@nethelp.no Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 5:58 PM To: i...@69706e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org Cc: v6...@ops.ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org Subject: Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Fred Baker
On Aug 23, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > Jared Mauch: > >> The biggest feedback I hear from people about IPv6 (besides the extra >> bits for addressses) is "Security", but they generally don't know what >> that is outside marketing speak. > > +1, in spades. Nor do these folk see

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Manfredi, Albert E
Mark Smith: > Well, GPS was only one of the examples I used, and I was envisioning > one that is built into the dash. To continue with the > analogy, how many > people would buy and install after-market electric windows, anti-lock > brakes, electronic fuel injection etc.? Analogies work both way

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:19:26 -0400 Jared Mauch wrote: > > On Aug 23, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > > > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:24:00 +0200 (CEST) > > sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > > > >>> And all you'll end up with is IPv4 with bigger addresses. You really > >>> should catch up with the us

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Randy Bush
> I don't claim to represent all views on IPv6. I *do* claim that a view > that "more addresses" is the only justification for IPv6 is reasonably > widespread. you don't want mandatory ipsec, longer battery life, ...? :) 96 more bits, no magic -- gaurab the problems existing operators (who just

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread sthaug
> > > And all you'll end up with is IPv4 with bigger addresses. You really > > > should catch up with the useful features of protocols that were > > > designed in the late 80s / early 90s, like IPX, Appletalk, DECNet and > > > CLNS. > > > > For me "more addresses" is the *only* justification for I

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Manfredi, Albert E
Jared Mauch: > The biggest feedback I hear from people about IPv6 (besides the extra > bits for addressses) is "Security", but they generally don't know what > that is outside marketing speak. +1, in spades. Nor do these folk seem to appreciate that it's not the network that bears the greatest b

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On 8/23/10 5:11 AM, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: >> These mechanisms are applicable to any type of link, would preserve the >> simplicity of universal 64 bit IIDs and the other benefits of them e.g. >> CGAs, as well as avoiding the ping-pong problem. > > IMHO, the "universality" of 64 bit IIDs went do

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:23:09 -0400 Jared Mauch wrote: > > On Aug 23, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > > > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:55:48 -0400 > > Jared Mauch wrote: > > > >> > >> On Aug 23, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Mark Smith wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:11:04 +0200 (CEST) > >>> st

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Jared Mauch
On Aug 23, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:55:48 -0400 > Jared Mauch wrote: > >> >> On Aug 23, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Mark Smith wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:11:04 +0200 (CEST) >>> sth...@nethelp.no wrote: >>> > These mechanisms are applicable to any type

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Jared Mauch
On Aug 23, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:24:00 +0200 (CEST) > sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > >>> And all you'll end up with is IPv4 with bigger addresses. You really >>> should catch up with the useful features of protocols that were >>> designed in the late 80s / earl

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:24:00 +0200 (CEST) sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > > And all you'll end up with is IPv4 with bigger addresses. You really > > should catch up with the useful features of protocols that were > > designed in the late 80s / early 90s, like IPX, Appletalk, DECNet and > > CLNS. > > F

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:55:48 -0400 Jared Mauch wrote: > > On Aug 23, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Mark Smith wrote: > > > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:11:04 +0200 (CEST) > > sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > > > >>> These mechanisms are applicable to any type of link, would preserve the > >>> simplicity of universal

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Fred Baker
On Aug 23, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > On 8/23/10 5:11 AM, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: >>> These mechanisms are applicable to any type of link, would preserve the >>> simplicity of universal 64 bit IIDs and the other benefits of them e.g. >>> CGAs, as well as avoiding the ping-pong probl

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Miya Kohno
+1 -Original Message- From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of sth...@nethelp.no Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:24 AM To: i...@69706e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org Cc: v6...@ops.ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org Subject: Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Miya Kohno
kbone operation in practice. Miya -Original Message- From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Mark Smith Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 10:47 PM To: Randy Bush Cc: v6...@ops.ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org Subject: Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread sthaug
> And all you'll end up with is IPv4 with bigger addresses. You really > should catch up with the useful features of protocols that were > designed in the late 80s / early 90s, like IPX, Appletalk, DECNet and > CLNS. For me "more addresses" is the *only* justification for IPv6. All the other "usef

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Jared Mauch
On Aug 23, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Mark Smith wrote: > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:11:04 +0200 (CEST) > sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > >>> These mechanisms are applicable to any type of link, would preserve the >>> simplicity of universal 64 bit IIDs and the other benefits of them e.g. >>> CGAs, as well as avo

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:27:27 +0900 Randy Bush wrote: > >> The IPv6 standards community can of course continue to pretend a > >> belief in universal 64 bit IIDs - thus ensuring that they are out of > >> touch with IPv6 reality... > > > > Maybe that's your reality, but it isn't everybody's. > > a

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Randy Bush
>> The IPv6 standards community can of course continue to pretend a >> belief in universal 64 bit IIDs - thus ensuring that they are out of >> touch with IPv6 reality... > > Maybe that's your reality, but it isn't everybody's. as you demonstrate so clearly but those of us who are operators and a

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:11:04 +0200 (CEST) sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > > These mechanisms are applicable to any type of link, would preserve the > > simplicity of universal 64 bit IIDs and the other benefits of them e.g. > > CGAs, as well as avoiding the ping-pong problem. > > IMHO, the "universali

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread sthaug
> These mechanisms are applicable to any type of link, would preserve the > simplicity of universal 64 bit IIDs and the other benefits of them e.g. > CGAs, as well as avoiding the ping-pong problem. IMHO, the "universality" of 64 bit IIDs went down the drain the moment router vendors allowed longe

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-23 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:06:50 +0900 Randy Bush wrote: > > If the /127 draft is a rebuttal of RFC3627 > > and if it isn't? maybe it's just a bug report on one bit? > Well, firstly, this is the text in the /127 draft which seems to suggest to me it is: "This document provides rationale for usin

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-22 Thread Randy Bush
> If the /127 draft is a rebuttal of RFC3627 and if it isn't? maybe it's just a bug report on one bit? > Other examples - there are probably more - of things I think that should > be discussed, beyond what is in RFC3627 - where is that darned immersion heater? randy ---

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-22 Thread Mark Smith
On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:30:25 -0400 Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Miya Kohno wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > >> > *Except /127*, we support rfc3627 and the appendix B.2 of rfc5375. > > They > >> > have properly addressed the implication for using longer prefix than > >>

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-22 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Miya Kohno wrote: > Hi Mark, > >> > *Except /127*, we support rfc3627 and the appendix B.2 of rfc5375. > They >> > have properly addressed the implication for using longer prefix than >> > /64. >> > >> >> So where is there reference to Appendix B.2 of RFC5375 in t

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-22 Thread Miya Kohno
Hi Mark, > > *Except /127*, we support rfc3627 and the appendix B.2 of rfc5375. They > > have properly addressed the implication for using longer prefix than > > /64. > > > > So where is there reference to Appendix B.2 of RFC5375 in the /127 > draft? The draft does not mention anything about the

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-21 Thread Mark Smith
Hi Miya, On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:56:57 +0800 Miya Kohno wrote: > > > then you will join us supporting the /127 document and it won't be a > > > problem, will it. > > > > > > > Why won't you and the other authors do a proper job with it then? It > > doesn't address all the implications that arise

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-19 Thread Miya Kohno
> > then you will join us supporting the /127 document and it won't be a > > problem, will it. > > > > Why won't you and the other authors do a proper job with it then? It > doesn't address all the implications that arise. It should, point by > point address, all the issues in RFC3627. It should a

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-17 Thread James Joyce
dear stephen daedalus, > The whole point of IPv6 is to make addresses and prefixes plentiful. > If global addresses facilitate the management of peering, why exactly > would we not provide sufficient allocations to the network managers? who has said they are not provided? > Do we really believe

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-17 Thread Christian Huitema
>> So, to sum up: yes, we know that the IPv6 link local addresses exist >> on our routers, no we don't normally "deal" with these addresses in >> any way. > > and hope we don't have to, because they are not reachable, not uniqie, have > no mapping to the way we think of and name the interfaces,

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-17 Thread Ole Troan
>>> Thus, do ask Cisco and Juniper and other vendors where this now >>> 'works' if this intentional, or if they might finally comply to the >>> IPv6 specifications one day, as then you might better watch out for >>> this as it will break your network. For the vendors that have it, >>> it might mayb

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-17 Thread Fernando Gont
Ole Troan wrote: >> Thus, do ask Cisco and Juniper and other vendors where this now >> 'works' if this intentional, or if they might finally comply to the >> IPv6 specifications one day, as then you might better watch out for >> this as it will break your network. For the vendors that have it, >>

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-17 Thread Truman Boyes
On 17/08/2010, at 7:11 AM, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: >>> Even if I did know the other side's global address, monitoring pings >>> cannot be sent to fe80::2. We'll have to ping c001:cafe::2 and >>> manually link that status with fe80::2 peering session on the NMS. >>> I would hate to do that with hu

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-17 Thread Randy Bush
> So, to sum up: yes, we know that the IPv6 link local addresses exist > on our routers, no we don't normally "deal" with these addresses in > any way. and hope we don't have to, because they are not reachable, not uniqie, have no mapping to the way we think of and name the interfaces, ... and ye

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-17 Thread Seiichi Kawamura
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ole-san Ole Troan wrote: > Seiichi-san, > >>> BGP peerings and what not could use link-local addresses. e.g: >>> >>> router A -- router B >>> fe80::1fe80::2 >>> dead:beef::1/128 c001:cafe::2/128 >> if >>

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-17 Thread sthaug
> > Even if I did know the other side's global address, monitoring pings > > cannot be sent to fe80::2. We'll have to ping c001:cafe::2 and > > manually link that status with fe80::2 peering session on the NMS. > > I would hate to do that with hundreds of sessions running inside my network. > > Tha

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-17 Thread Ole Troan
Seiichi-san, >> BGP peerings and what not could use link-local addresses. e.g: >> >> router A -- router B >> fe80::1fe80::2 >> dead:beef::1/128 c001:cafe::2/128 > > if > I get a BGP neighbor down message with fe80::2 > then > what address do I ping, t

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Randy Bush
> link-local addresses have a very-limited use (and in some cases no use > at all in the backbone that we operate). i fear we are talking to people who don't go past the head end. cisco is big, and folk can get tunnel vision. randy

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Jared Mauch
On Aug 16, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Ole Troan wrote: >>> please ping my router, it's interface address is: >>> fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64 >>> >>> my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of the >>> interface either :( >> but they can ping whatever global /128 you

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Ole Troan wrote: >>> please ping my router, it's interface address is: >>> fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64 >>> >>> my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of the >>> interface either :( >> but they can ping whatever global /128 y

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Seiichi Kawamura
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ole-san Ole Troan wrote: >>> please ping my router, it's interface address is: >>> fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64 >>> >>> my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of the >>> interface either :( >> but they can pi

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Ole Troan
>> please ping my router, it's interface address is: >> fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64 >> >> my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of the >> interface either :( > but they can ping whatever global /128 you put on that interface, so why > doesn't that sol

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Seiichi Kawamura
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jared Mauch wrote: > > Jared Mauch > > On Aug 16, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Ole Troan wrote: > > please ping my router, it's interface address is: > fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64 > > my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of

RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Olivier Vautrin
August 16, 2010 4:29 AM > To: Jeroen Massar > Cc: v6...@ops.ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org > Subject: Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes > [...] > > But I'm still interested in knowing what's the downside of the fix in > RFC 4443 that I cited in

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Jared Mauch
Jared Mauch On Aug 16, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Ole Troan wrote: please ping my router, it's interface address is: fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64 my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of the interface either :( >>> >>> but they can ping whatever global /128 y

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Randy Bush
>> but they can ping whatever global /128 you put on that interface, so >> why doesn't that solve the problems? > Because you are then using one set of addresses for protool peerings > and another one for global ping - thus making life more complicated > for the operator. and is sure to have reall

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:48:41 +0200 Ole Troan wrote: > Jeroen, > > >>> Unless you configure two /128's pointing to the remote side, which will > >>> then thus not be 'on-link for neighbor discovery, the little thing > >>> called the subnet anycast address will make sure that a /127 ptp simply > >

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Ole Troan
>>> please ping my router, it's interface address is: fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64 >>> >>> my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of the >>> interface either :( >> >> but they can ping whatever global /128 you put on that interface, so why >> doesn't that solve the problems? > >

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread sthaug
> > please ping my router, it's interface address is: fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64 > > > > my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of the > > interface either :( > > but they can ping whatever global /128 you put on that interface, so why > doesn't that solve the problems? Because

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Ole Troan
one could equally just make a convention to use link-locals with fe80::1 and fe80::2 and /128s on each side if one needed global addresses for sources to traceroute etc. >>> >>> no, ping/monitoring/data-collection fails in this case. (or needs to >>> be overhauled to collect/

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Ole Troan wrote: > > On Aug 16, 2010, at 20:34 , Christopher Morrow wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Ole Troan wrote: >> >>> one could equally just make a convention to use link-locals with fe80::1 >>> and fe80::2 >>> and /128s on each side if one nee

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Ole Troan
Jared, > Please explain how ll would solve the problem first. Maybe the bcp38+1918 > thread on nanog on recent days would be instructive. which problem? there are several. with regards to the NANOG reference, I don't quite see the similarity. I haven't seen any implementation sourcing packets

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Jared Mauch
Please explain how ll would solve the problem first. Maybe the bcp38+1918 thread on nanog on recent days would be instructive. Jared Mauch On Aug 16, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Ole Troan wrote: > > On Aug 16, 2010, at 20:34 , Christopher Morrow wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Ole Troan

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Ole Troan
On Aug 16, 2010, at 20:34 , Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Ole Troan wrote: > >> one could equally just make a convention to use link-locals with fe80::1 and >> fe80::2 >> and /128s on each side if one needed global addresses for sources to >> traceroute etc. >

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Ole Troan wrote: > one could equally just make a convention to use link-locals with fe80::1 and > fe80::2 > and /128s on each side if one needed global addresses for sources to > traceroute etc. no, ping/monitoring/data-collection fails in this case. (or needs

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Roger Jørgensen
On man, august 16, 2010 11:46, Randy Bush wrote: >>> I have no plans to ask Cisco and Juniper about this. I want /127 to >>> continue working, and couldn't care less about subnet anycast for my >>> core routers. >> >> I think you miss my point: they might finally comply with the specs one >> day (i

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:43:54AM +0200, Jeroen Massar wrote: > I think you miss my point: they might finally comply with the specs one > day (if you ask or not, others might) and you will have forgotten about > this little subtle problem and upgrade your routers and voila your > network is b

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Mark Smith
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:46:18 +0900 Randy Bush wrote: > >> I have no plans to ask Cisco and Juniper about this. I want /127 to > >> continue working, and couldn't care less about subnet anycast for my > >> core routers. > > > > I think you miss my point: they might finally comply with the specs o

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Ole Troan
>>> P.S.: This fix doesn't prevent the use of /127s (it's orthogonal), >> >> Unless you configure two /128's pointing to the remote side, which will >> then thus not be 'on-link for neighbor discovery, the little thing >> called the subnet anycast address will make sure that a /127 ptp simply >> d

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Fernando Gont
Jeroen Massar wrote: >> P.S.: This fix doesn't prevent the use of /127s (it's orthogonal), > > Unless you configure two /128's pointing to the remote side, which will > then thus not be 'on-link for neighbor discovery, the little thing > called the subnet anycast address will make sure that a /12

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Randy Bush
>> asking the question another way. is it still a good idea, or was it >> ever? > Currently I don't see the use. The only use seems to be an extra > annoying slide when one is explaining all the 'good stuff about IPv6' is anyone using ipv6's special anycast at all? i see use of v4-style anycast i

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Jeroen Massar
[two replies in once before I truly fill up every one's mailboxes ;) ] On 2010-08-16 11:46, Randy Bush wrote: >>> I have no plans to ask Cisco and Juniper about this. I want /127 to >>> continue working, and couldn't care less about subnet anycast for my >>> core routers. >> >> I think you miss my

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Ole Troan
Jeroen, >>> Unless you configure two /128's pointing to the remote side, which will >>> then thus not be 'on-link for neighbor discovery, the little thing >>> called the subnet anycast address will make sure that a /127 ptp simply >>> does not work, unless you have a platform which disables the su

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Randy Bush
>> I have no plans to ask Cisco and Juniper about this. I want /127 to >> continue working, and couldn't care less about subnet anycast for my >> core routers. > > I think you miss my point: they might finally comply with the specs one > day (if you ask or not, others might) and you will have forg

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Jeroen Massar
On 2010-08-16 11:41, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: >> Thus, do ask Cisco and Juniper and other vendors where this now 'works' >> if this intentional, or if they might finally comply to the IPv6 >> specifications one day, as then you might better watch out for this as >> it will break your network. For t

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread sthaug
> Thus, do ask Cisco and Juniper and other vendors where this now 'works' > if this intentional, or if they might finally comply to the IPv6 > specifications one day, as then you might better watch out for this as > it will break your network. For the vendors that have it, it might maybe > be an id

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Jeroen Massar
On 2010-08-16 11:12, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: >> Unless you configure two /128's pointing to the remote side, which will >> then thus not be 'on-link for neighbor discovery, the little thing >> called the subnet anycast address will make sure that a /127 ptp simply >> does not work, unless you have

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread sthaug
> Unless you configure two /128's pointing to the remote side, which will > then thus not be 'on-link for neighbor discovery, the little thing > called the subnet anycast address will make sure that a /127 ptp simply > does not work, unless you have a platform which disables the subnet > anycast ad

Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

2010-08-16 Thread Jeroen Massar
On 2010-08-16 10:08, Fernando Gont wrote: [..] > P.S.: This fix doesn't prevent the use of /127s (it's orthogonal), Unless you configure two /128's pointing to the remote side, which will then thus not be 'on-link for neighbor discovery, the little thing called the subnet anycast address will make