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Date:      Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:30:54 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
To:        "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: get rid of the eui64 address
Message-ID:  <20181019133053.GA2619@admin.sibptus.ru>
In-Reply-To: <03f88da6-6441-d68e-b359-911977f0a664@yandex.ru>
References:  <20181017094554.GA65055@admin.sibptus.ru> <4b2d7329-e1e0-e8dc-4b25-6c8823a9fdd1@yandex.ru> <20181018155606.GA87405@admin.sibptus.ru> <1c57ecfc-d31d-7958-239d-7e7970af3807@yandex.ru> <20181019093504.GA509@admin.sibptus.ru> <c7fffc27-cb59-b439-0a7f-e7440d09e4fb@yandex.ru> <20181019124151.GA2160@admin.sibptus.ru> <03f88da6-6441-d68e-b359-911977f0a664@yandex.ru>

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Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> >>>
> >>> BTW do you know the diffrence between the "accept_rtadv" and
> >>> "autoconf" flags in ifconfig?
> >>
> >> The accept_rtadv is interface's attribute and it is shown in the "nd6
> >> options" line, but the autoconf is address's attribute.
> > 
> > ifconfig(8) says that 
> > 
> > 
> >      autoconf
> >              Set a flag to accept router advertisements on an interface.
> > 
> >      -autoconf
> >              Disable autoconfiguration.
> > 
> > This is unclear.
> 
> Seems your ifconfig(8) is a bit out of day.

My ifconfig(8) is from 11.2-RELEASE.

> My manual says:
>      autoconf
>              Set the IPv6 autoconfigured address bit.
> 
>      -autoconf
>              Clear the IPv6 autoconfigured address bit.
> 

I have no idea when setting the autoconfigured address bit manually
could be necessary, but at least it makes sense.



-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/



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