netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 28282] New: forwarding turns autoconfiguration off

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Date:	Wed, 9 Feb 2011 00:49:37 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@...isch.de>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 28282] New: forwarding turns autoconfiguration off

Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@...isch.de> :
[...]
> Since Linux machines can - in contrast to Windows desktops and cisco
> routers - can be a host and a router at the same time, even on the same
> interface (i.e. use a autoconf IPv6 address as a host and an fe80::
> address as a router address).
> 
> So I'd consider this in a different way. From my point of view the
> decision between host and router must be done per assigned IPv6 address
> (or address range) and not per IPv6 interface.

o^O

Afaik networking does not operate this way in the kernel. Really.

May I suggest you to have some sleep and see how your (dhcpv6 enabled ?)
DSL router can be convinced to collaborate with the existing tools under
Linux _without_ modifications ?

-- 
Ueimor
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