Re: IPv6 Static Configuration Gateway Address - Link Local or Global Unicast?

2018-07-18 Thread Henry Bonath
I have always used the Router's global address when configuring a static route or static default gateway. I have seen routing protocols like OSPF/BGP/etc. use link-local addresses for nexthop, but when statically configuring, I've always used the global address that is located within the same subne

IPv6 Static Configuration Gateway Address - Link Local or Global Unicast?

2018-07-18 Thread Aham Brahmasmi
Hello misc, I am wondering whether the good volks here would be able to share their insight on configuring the IPv6 gateway address for a machine which has been assigned a static IPv6 address. Based on my layman research, there are two options: 1) Link local gateway address - fe80::1%em0 (Prefera