[Cerowrt-devel] [Babel-users] ipv6 confusion with source specific gateways.

Juliusz Chroboczek jch at pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr
Mon Dec 1 21:15:51 EST 2014


>> default from :: via fe80::201:5cff:ee62:b646 dev ge00 proto static metric
>> 1024 # should I even have a default route at all?
>
> The source on this is actually ::/128

You mean ::/0.

> It is needed for IPv6 packets that originate on the host but where the
> application doesn't specify an address to bind to.

Yes, it is also needed to ensure interoperability between Babel-S and
stock Babel.  (I really wish OpenWRT installed a non-specific route in
that case, by the way.)

-- Juliusz



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