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[6bone] ifconfig and EUI-64
- Subject: [6bone] ifconfig and EUI-64
- From: [email protected] (Pim van Pelt)
- Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 19:22:47 +0200
Hi guys,
Does anyone know why exactly the ifconfig programs for the BSDs, Linux
and most probably Solaris are not able to autoconfigure their own
addresses, by not using the RS/RA schema, but a local autoconfiguration
such as the Cisco IOS:
interface FastEthernet0/0
ipv6 enable
ipv6 address 2001:7b8:4:1234::/64 eui-64
!
which will let the fa0/0 device figure out its own address using the
lower order 64 bits of its linklocal address in the specified prefix.
This behavior is missing in the Unix world and I for one would like to
see it implemented. Anybody against this ?
groet,
Pim
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