Re: LL70: Use of the term "valid"
Bernard Aboba <[email protected]> Wed, 19 May 2004 06:49:23 -0700 (PDT)
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> Bernard is right - the DNAv4 reachability test is only a rough guide to the appropriateness > of an address configuration. It can even give a false positive - e.g. > when I have the address 10.x.y.z configured, I can move to another > network where the 10/8 range is in use and where the reachability test > is passed yet my address is not at all appropriate and may actually conlict. The reachability test includes determination that the MAC address of the gateway is unchanged, so I think that case is covered.