Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 09:22:45 -0800 From: Bob Fink <fink@es.net> To: "Eugene M. Kim" <ab@astralblue.com>, Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com> Cc: jose@we.lc.ehu.es, FreeBSD-current Mailing List <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, 6bone@ISI.EDU Subject: Re: IPv6: can a link-site (or global) address be configured in rc.conf? Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000306091731.02b974d8@imap2.es.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003060855230.52983-100000@home.astralblue.c om> References: <200003061628.IAA19733@windsor.research.att.com>
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Eugene, At 09:00 AM 3/6/2000 -0800, Eugene M. Kim wrote: >(Cc'ed to the 6BONE mailing list in the hope that someone there could >answer my question as well) > >Speaking of the address allocation, is there a way for an individual to >get a non-local address space (so that all of my machines can get an >unique IPv6 address)? I've read through the 6BONE website, and it seems >to me that I somehow have to `qualify' in order to get one. (And the >fact that I just need <10 addresses makes me feel guilty; AFAIK the >minimum allocation unit is 2^64-address block :-p.) IPv6 "sites" own the right-most 80 bits of the 128 bits for local use (you know that, just restating for the wide list you have emailed to). The external routing prefixes are the left-most 48 bits of the 128 and come from your IPv6 service provider... normally. These are currently either in the 3FFE::/16 or 2001::/16 TLA space. The exception is for "6to4" prefixes which are in the 2002::/16 TLA space. See the I-D: <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ngtrans-6to4-03.txt>; Please read, then ask any questions you may have. 6to4 is currently supported, and there are relay routers up and running. Thanks, Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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