[c-nsp] IPv6, neighbor detection, BGP and my nerves...

[Michael K. Smith - Adhost]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gert Doering [mailto:gert at greenie.muc.de]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:38 AM
> To: Michael K. Smith - Adhost
> Cc: Elmar K. Bins; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] IPv6, neighbor detection, BGP and my nerves...
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 09:16:18AM -0800, Michael K. Smith - Adhost
> wrote:
> > You might want to modify your interface configuration to match the
> one
> > below.  You shouldn't need neighbor discovery and the like for a
> direct
> > peering connection.  This is the configuration I use at the SIX.
> 
> IPv6 neighbor discovery is an integral part of IPv6 over multiaccess
> networks, and *can not* be disabled.  ND is to IPv6 what ARP is to
> IPv4.
> 
> "ipv6 nd suppress-ra" turns off router advertisements, but that's a
> completely different thing.  Both ICMP, but different sorts :-)
> 
> gert

Indeed.  Mea Culpa.  :-)

Mike