[radvd-devel-l] Concerning AdvRouterAddr
Hugo Santos
hsantos at av.it.pt
Mon Jul 31 09:37:39 EDT 2006
Hi Ville,
Thanks for the reply. Indeed this makes sense; previously i was
looking in the code and was expecting radvd to fetch one of the
addresses from the interface.
Thanks again,
Hugo
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 04:10:52PM +0300, Ville Nuorvala wrote:
> Hugo Santos wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> Hi Hugo,
>
> > Radvd's webpage states that it supports Mobile IPv6 but i have a
> > question regarding the support of AdvRouterAddr. RFC 3775 states the
> > following:
> >
> > Router Address (R)
> >
> > 1-bit router address flag. When set, indicates that the Prefix
> > field contains a complete IP address assigned to the sending
> > router. The indicated prefix is the first Prefix Length (...)
> >
> > However, radvd does not include a complete IP address but instead
> > only the prefix. This is troublesome if we have for instance two
> > routers advertising in a single link the same prefix. Is this a feature
> > or something left to be implemented?
>
> radvd broadcasts whatever you put into radvd.conf. If you enter the the
> complete 128-bit router address instead of just the prefix you will get
> the kind of RAs you want.
>
> HTH,
>
> Ville
>
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