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Re: default routes



On/Dnia Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 08:57:20AM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote/napisał(a)
> > >Default routes bounce packets. Having a default route in Linux for IPv6 can
> > >often lead to severe hair loss as you tear whatever  is  remaining out. For
> > >reasons best left to the kernel hackers, using default routes just doesn't
> > >work right (ok you may be lucky). Use 2000::0/3 instead.
> > 
> > Does somebody knows what's the problem? That renders autoconfiguration
> > useless.
Wrong here. Autoconfiguration is for hosts not for routers.

> The reason for using 2000::0/3 instead of default is not, as decribed above,
> but the problem was with nettools (like route) unable to understand the
> "default" value. 
It's not. On Linux as ipv6 router (forwarding enabled) you need to set real routes.
(In Alexey words: ,,real routers have real routes''). On host you can use default route.
I'm for example using it withour any problems.

>   (OO)      -- Bernd_Eckenfels@Wendelinusstrasse39.76646Bruchsal.de --

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