[Fwd: Re: [6bone] ifconfig and EUI-64]

[Aaron Angel]

Ehk; forgot to Cc: the list.

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> From: Aaron Angel <aangel@transa.infoarc.sodaknet.com>
> To: Pim van Pelt <pim@ipng.nl>
> Subject: Re: [6bone] ifconfig and EUI-64
> Date: 09 Jun 2002 19:21:08 -0400
> 
> On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 13:22, Pim van Pelt wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > Does anyone know why exactly the ifconfig programs for the BSDs, Linux
> > and most probably Solaris are not able to autoconfigure their own
> > addresses, by not using the RS/RA schema, but a local autoconfiguration
> > such as the Cisco IOS:
> > 
> The KAME stack comes with rtsol and rtsold; the former sends
> solicitations once, the latter is a daemonized version.
> 
> As far as Linux goes (or anything supported, for that matter),
> distributions which use INRIA support it in ifconfig with the eui64
> keyword...exactly how, I'm not sure; I don't use it.