RFC 5549 - IPv4 Routes with IPv6 next-hop - Does it really exists?

Wed Jul 29 16:34:02 UTC 2020

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 at 18:06, Mark Tinka wrote:
> On 29/Jul/20 16:54, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> > it's a capability negotiation, so is handled on session setup.
>
> Meaning the initial setup would still require the use of literal IP addresses?

Unless your (e.g. DC equipment) is set up for automatic bgp neighbour
discovery using IPv6 ND+RA [2]. Then yes.

[0]: https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/commit/04b6bdc0ee6275442464edec1d14b3f4d3eaa246
[1]: https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/search?p=3&q=hostname&type=Commits
[2]: https://docs.cumulusnetworks.com/cumulus-linux/Layer-3/Border-Gateway-Protocol-BGP/#configure-bgp-unnumbered-interfaces

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