[ipv6hackers] Autoassign IPv6 address to the interface SENDIN OUT the RA?

[Fernando Gont]

On 03/28/2012 09:47 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> In general, the system generating the RAs will not autoconfigure its
> own addresses because the address autoconf process takes place before
> radvd starts and it creates a chicken-egg like circular dependency.

Doesn't the problem described by the OP have to do with the NIC not
receiving a copy of the packets that it sends?

Even if radvd starts after bringing up network interfaces, subsequent
RAs would trigger autoconf.. so it would look like those RAs are never
received...

Thanks,
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Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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