netdev - Re: IPv6 Anycast?

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1007230748380.9875@uplift.swm.pp.se>
Date:	Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:51:34 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@....pp.se>
To:	Stuart Sheldon <stu@...usa.net>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IPv6 Anycast?

On Thu, 22 Jul 2010, Stuart Sheldon wrote:

> Yea, I'm sure...
>
> We use Linux for routers as well as servers and workstations. Since I
> sent this I've discovered that by default, when a Linux system has IPv6
> forwarding turned on, it adds the <network>::/64 anycast router
> addresses on all the interfaces (as per rfc 2526).
>
> What I'm actually looking to do is (change / add) other addresses the to
> anycast6 list to work in an existing configuration that does not use the
> rfc 2526 anycast router address.
>
> Is there a command line method of setting up these anycast addresses?

In routers, this is done by adding the IP address to a loopback interface 
and announcing the address using a routing protocol, I don't see why this 
can't be done on a linux box?

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@....pp.se
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