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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 05:25:25
Message-Id: 20191129052507.GA20422@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community by Ralph Seichter
1 On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 02:08:39AM +0100, Ralph Seichter wrote
2
3 > The ndp dump on 'argon' shows expired entries, entries that are still
4 > valid for the listed time, and permanent entries. As you can see, I can
5 > use 'ferrum.local' to identify a particular machine and login. There is
6 > also 'silver', which happens to be my smartphone. There is even an entry
7 > 'fd67:1111:2222::10' which represents a static IPv6 address I used for
8 > testing earlier, with fd67:1111:2222 being my obfuscated ULA prefix.
9 >
10 > IPv6 clients are chatting link-local without user intervention, to say
11 > "I'm here" and to ask "Who is near me?". Routers actively advertise
12 > their services. After a little while, clients start to get an idea of
13 > their surroundings without an admin holding their hand. IPv6 is pretty
14 > nifty in that regard.
15
16 Looking at https://techhub.hpe.com/eginfolib/networking/docs/switches/K-KA-KB/16-01/5200-0133_ipv6_config_k/content/ch01s10.html
17
18 Assume the following...
19 machine1 has a script in /etc/local.d/ that executes...
20 ipv6 address fe80::1 link-local
21
22 machine2 has a script in /etc/local.d/ that executes...
23 ipv6 address fe80::2 link-local
24
25 machine3 has a script in /etc/local.d/ that executes...
26 ipv6 address fe80::3 link-local
27
28 etc, etc. Can I enter...
29
30 #
31 fe80::1 machine1
32 fe80::2 machine2
33 fe80::3 machine3
34 #
35
36 ...in /etc/hosts and will it properly match them to the correponding
37 machine? Forget about global addresses for the time being. I simply
38 want to be able to scp and ssh between local machines first.
39
40 --
41 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
42 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: To all IPv6-slackers among the Gentoo community Ralph Seichter <abbot@×××××××××××.net>