IPv6 Newbie

Tue Apr 6 23:09:43 UTC 2010

On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:54:17 +0200 (CEST)
sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:

> > > > > Can one subnet to include /127 for point to point connections?
> > > > 
> > > > The best advice is to use a /64 unless you have read and understood
> > > > RFC 3627 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3627
> > > 
> > > RFC 3627 *and* the following Internet draft:
> > > 
> > >     http://tools.ietf.org/search/draft-kohno-ipv6-prefixlen-p2p-01
> > > 
> > > The problem with ping-pong on point to point links is real.
> > 
> > Only if you disable Neighbor Discovery.
> 
> You don't have to disable it. "Small, unknown" vendors like Cisco and
> Juniper

As you've already resorted to insulting me, this is my last response.
I don't think you're correct. 

> have IPv6 ND disabled on point to point links, and (at least
> for Juniper) there is no option to turn it on.
> 
> The problem with ping-pong on point to point links is still very real.
> 
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no