IPv6 neighbor discovery with static addresses

[Hajimu UMEMOTO]

Hi,

>>>>> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:08:10 -0800
>>>>> "Kevin Oberman" <oberman at es.net> said:

oberman> When I configure a system with a static IPv6 address (e.g
oberman> ipv6_ifconfig_nve0="2001:400:14:2753::28:14/64) the systems does not
oberman> seem to find its router. I need to add ipv6_defaultrouter to rc.conf.

oberman> Is there some reason that the system should not configure the default
oberman> using ND in this case?

Because, not a few people don't want to accept RA but want to
configure their network setting statically.  ipv6_ifconfig_* is for
such purpose.  If ipv6_ifconfig_* is set, RA is not accepted.  If you
want to accept RA as well, please use ipv6_ifconfig_nve0_alias0
instead.

Sincerely,

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