Re: [j-nsp] IPv6 questions

2008-01-29 Thread snort bsd
It does make sense though. Say one megabits interface with 20 VLANs. In that scenario, every VLAN, usually has own link-local address. It is more practical than "multiple interfaces with same link-local address." I found this on Juniper router and now assume it is Juniper specific implementatio

Re: [j-nsp] IPv6 questions

2008-01-29 Thread Scott Morris
And unless you are on only certain particular devices (e.g. L3 switches) then the end device won't necessarily have any relevant clue what VLAN it's on. I have never seen/heard of an RFC for it either and would certainly wonder "WHY?". :) Scott -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [j-nsp] IPv6 questions

2008-01-28 Thread snort bsd
Never mind it is the VLAN number. But which RFC define this? Thanks all Dave - Original Message From: snort bsd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; juniper-nsp Sent: Monday, 28 January, 2008 3:05:59 PM Subject: IPv6 questions Hi All: With link-local IPv6 address, the conver

[j-nsp] IPv6 questions

2008-01-28 Thread snort bsd
Hi All: With link-local IPv6 address, the converting from MAC-48 to EDU-64 address format (FF FE stuffing). How does the VLAN tags affect the conversion? With the rule of FF FE stuffing, I can see clearly work on the ptp interfaces. But on those Ethernet based VLANs, it doesn't seem to follow t