[6bone] ifconfig and EUI-64

ww@GROOVY.NET ww@GROOVY.NET
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 17:18:48 -0400


On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 07:22:47PM +0200, Pim van Pelt wrote:
>
> 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:

NetBSD-current now supports this :)

i.e.

ifconfig hme0 inet6 3ffe:1cdc:0:1234:: eui64

Cheers,
-w