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Re: Cogent IPv6


From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch () muada com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 18:59:13 +0200

On 9 jun 2011, at 14:19, sthaug () nethelp no wrote:

It is perfectly possible to use RA *only* for the default router, and
not announce any prefix at all. This implies a link-local next hop.

Router advertisements always use the router's link local address, you can't get a router's global address from this. 
IPv6 routing protocols also pretty much only use link locals, so link local next hop and default routes are completely 
routine.

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