Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Fix Prefix Length of Link-local Addresses

On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 09:35:26AM +0900, Yuji Sekiya wrote:

OK. I have assigned fe80:1910::10/64 link-local address to
USAGI linux box and tried to ping ipv6.

Target IPv6 address: fe80:1910::10
Repeat count [5]:
Datagram size [100]:
Timeout in seconds [2]:
Extended commands? [no]:
Output Interface: FastEthernet4/1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to FE80:1910::10, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms

Oct 10 09:27:35: IPV6: source FE80::201:64FF:FEA3:ED55 (local)
Oct 10 09:27:35:       dest FE80:1910::10 (FastEthernet4/1)
Oct 10 09:27:35:       traffic class 224, flow 0x0, len 64+16, prot 58, hops 255, originating
Oct 10 09:27:35: IPv6: Sending on FastEthernet4/1

Well what do you know?  At least one implementation supports that type of
config.

Anyway,  I as said in an earlier email,  do whatever you want.  I just
considered that change to be dubious.

DF

At Thu, 10 Oct 2002 01:42:37 +0100,
Derek Fawcus [off-list ref] wrote:

Well what do you know?  At least one implementation supports that type of
config.

???
I can underdtand there is no interoperability issue with cisco box
(with /10 link-local prefix ?) and USAGI kernel(with /64 link-local
prefix). :-)

-- Yuji Sekiya