Re: RFC2526 - actually honoured?

2011-02-21 Thread Karl Auer
On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 20:31 +1030, Mark Smith wrote: > Karl Auer wrote: > > Does anyone know if (and if so in what way) RFC2526 is honoured in the > > real world? > > > >"The construction of a reserved subnet anycast address depends on the > >type of IPv6 addresses used within the subnet,

Re: RFC2526 - actually honoured?

2011-02-21 Thread Mark Smith
Hi Karl, On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:29:54 +1100 Karl Auer wrote: > Does anyone know if (and if so in what way) RFC2526 is honoured in the > real world? > > It's standards track, dating from 1999, but I'm not sure I've seen > anyone avoiding the stipulated reserved addresses. Addresses generated > b

RFC2526 - actually honoured?

2011-02-21 Thread Karl Auer
Does anyone know if (and if so in what way) RFC2526 is honoured in the real world? It's standards track, dating from 1999, but I'm not sure I've seen anyone avoiding the stipulated reserved addresses. Addresses generated by SLAAC from a MAC address may well have some of the last seven bits set, fo