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On 03/13/2013 06:27, Mark Martinec wrote:
> Having multiple IPv6 subnets on the same wire is asking for trouble.
>
> For example, I believe an ICMP redirect still (in 9.1) does not create
> a temporary route:
>   http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=152791
> which beat us hard time (random unreachability between hosts),
> having to rearrange that legacy segment which happened to have
> two subnets on the same wire.

It may be of little consolation now, but I posted patches for this.  See
the PR.

Eric