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Re: [v6ops] A common problem with SLAAC in "renumbering" scenarios

Philip Homburg <pch-v6ops-9@u-1.phicoh.com> Thu, 31 January 2019 16:37 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] A common problem with SLAAC in "renumbering" scenarios
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> In reality we have not found the reboot to be a big problem as for
> most residential/SOHO customers the same CPE provides wired LAN
> ports and wifi. Both will be disconnected during reboot and this
> information is visible to OS and OSes will stop using the prefix
> on those interfaces due to that anyway.

There is always the possibility that someone uses a switch or a wifi 
repeater.

In addition, VMs (on a laptop) can be connected using a software bridge on
the host.

Simple setups will be fine, but it may be worth solving this problem.

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