>>>>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:40:57 -0600 (CST),
>>>>> Krishna Mohan Doddappaneni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Is there any case where i need to forward an ipv6 packet back on the same
> link(not on a different link).
This might be an artificial example, but consider the following
scenario:
Your node is connected to a link where link-layer address resolution
does not work. You only know the IPv6 address of a router and its
link-layer address. In this case, you should always send packets to
the router and let it forward to the final destination, even if the
destination is a "link-local" address. When the destination address
is link-local, the router will forward the packet to the inbound link.
Another scenario, though this might also be artificial, would be the
case of a multi-interface link. (note that interfaces and links are
*theoretically* different, according to
draft-ietf-ipngwg-scoping-arch-xx.txt)
> The RFC 2373 says that i should not forward
> on other links.But it does not say that i should not forward on the same
> link.Can someone please clarify.
So, you *should be able to" forward a link-local packet on the same
link.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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