[radvd-devel-l] radvd multicast address

[k k]

Hi,

so am I right to say that all clients will listen to ff02::1 regardless of whether their own IPv6 address is link-local/global? If so, could you guide me on how I can change them to listen to ff0e::1 on the clients? I'm still pretty new to the Linux environment =)

Regards,
KiaN

> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 22:22:34 -0600
> From: admiralnemo at pyrocufflink.net
> To: radvd-devel-l at litech.org
> Subject: Re: [radvd-devel-l] radvd multicast address
> 
> You shouldn't have to modify the multicast address for sending RAs.
> ff02::1 is defined in the RFC as the group for receiving IPv6 RAs, so
> that is where client's listen for them. If you change this on your
> server, you would have to change it on every client as well, in the IPv6
> stack of the kernel.
> 
> If, after changing the multicast group back to the default, you still
> have an issue, let us know. Also, new issues should not be sent in reply
> to existing threads.
> 
> Dustin C. Hatch
> theNeverFading
> 
> 
> k k wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm experimenting with the multicast address of radvd at the send.c 
> > file. By default, the multicast address is set at ff02::1. ff02::1 is a 
> > link-local multicast address.
> > 
> > In my network, I'm using the 2001:106:2700::/64 addressing scheme, which 
> > is a global address. I've tried changing the multicast address in send.c 
> > to ff0e::1 & reinstalling radvd. The problem comes here: My other PCs in 
> > the network could receive the RA(from Ethereal), but they did not 
> > autoconfig into the new IP address. The other PCs could only autoconfig 
> > when the multicast address in send.c was at ff02::1.
> > 
> > Am I missing something out?
> > 
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > 
> > KiaN
> > 
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