Where to buy Internet IP addresses

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com
Wed May 6 00:46:01 UTC 2009


On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 10:39:23AM +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 15:58 -0400, Ricky Beam wrote:
> > "stateless" with "constant" and "consistent".  SLAAC doesn't need to
> > generate the exact same address everytime the system is started.   
> 
> No - but it is *phenomenally useful* if it does. Changing addresses is
> only ever something you want in very specific circumstances.

	pretty much every time the node moves in/across networks.
	if the node doesn't move, it keeps the same address.

--bill





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