Re: [Autoconf] Autoconf addressing model

"Teco Boot" <teco@inf-net.nl> Thu, 05 March 2009 16:37 UTC

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|> |  /------\
|> |/        \ fe80::1       (the address)
|> || Router |--------------
|> |\        / 2001:db8::/64 (the prefix of the subnet on which
|> |  \------/                 this interface is attached)
|> |
|>
|> Now you don't depict the address in subnet 2001:db8::/64.
|
|Right, I didn't, and I should have had.  How would you depict a Router
|with one interface, a global subnet prefix, an address within that
|prefix, and a link-local address?  Without indulging any confusion.

OK, this is a basic setup.
Just depict what you have:
+--------+
|        | fe80::1/64    (the LL address-prefix)
| Router +--------------
|        | 2001:db8::1/64 (the address prefix configured on
+--------+                 this interface)

Maybe use ll::1 as short presentation for fe80::1/64
And p::1/64 for the address prefix, and define the prefix p:: somewhere in
the diagram.


|If you don't want then I can depict it.
|
|> |For me, whereas the 2001:db8::/64 information is enough to add in
|> |radvd.conf, or to add with ifconfig,  the problem is that I can't
|just
|> |say "ifconfig eth0 add fe80::1" and I must say "ifconfig eth0 add
|> |fe80::1/10", otherwise error.
|>
|> Try ifconfig eth0 inet6 add fe80::1/64
|> Or  ip -6 addr add fe80::1/64 dev eth0
|>
|> I think you tried to add an IPv4 address, with failing DNS lookup.
|
|No, it wasn't DNS lookup error, but I avoid saying ifconfig fe80::1/64
|because the prefix fe80::/64 is not an on-link prefix (even though
|fe80::1 is an address on that link).  If I write ifconfig 2001:db8::1/64
|then the 2001:db8::/64 becomes an on-link prefix.

I would say it is mandatory for interfaces to have a link-local address (RFC
4291). And I think they are on-link by definition.
Or are you interested in a less common or a rare setup?


Teco.