[Dnsmasq-discuss] IPv6 dhcp/ra-issue

[Stéphane Guedon]

Le lundi 21 avril 2014, 15:50:04 Timo Buhrmester a écrit :
> >         inet6 fe80::43c:5b54:cea:b7ea  prefixlen 10  scopeid
> >         0x20<link>
> 
> This is the link-local address, established by stateless
> autoconfiguration.
> >         inet6 2003:62:487f:b168:43c:5b54:cea:b7ea  prefixlen 64 
> >         scopeid
> 
> This is the /64 your ISP assigned you.
> 
> > If I understand right, ive got an IPv6-subnet with the ability of
> > ~250 clients (Telekom Germany), directly addressable from
> > internet.
> Looks like you got a /64, therefore there's slightly more than 250
> adresses ;).

network /64 is the minimum. so yes, millions of addresses available !

> > Imho the fe80.. number is the *router*-ipv6-address, the 2003:...
> > the *host* ipv6-address. Now my clients should also get an
> > ipv6-router *and* -host address. Is this right?

fe80:: adresses are local adresses, non-routable.

> 
> As per the above (though i'm not quite sure what you mean by
> router/host addresses, this doesn't sound right.
> > My dnsmasq.conf (stripped):
> Unfortunately I can't help you on the dnsmasq specifics for I'm
> rather new to it, however I just felt like clarifying these IPv6
> specifics.

I wanted myself to improve Timo's answer.

> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
>     Timo
> 
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