(usagi-users 03989) Re: how to supress RA on linux

"Anjali Gajendragadkar" <[email protected]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:06:27 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ipv6.usagi.users
Message-ID <[email protected]>
oh thanks



On Nov 20, 2007 4:38 PM, Varun Chandramohan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Anjali Gajendragadkar wrote:
> > I have a linux PC (2.6.12.3 - kernel) with ipv6 enabled and assigned
> > it an static IP address
> > The PC also receives RA as Router is enabled and configured with IPV6
> prefix.
> >
> > Thus my PC has three address
> > 1. Static IPv6 address
> > 2. From router advertisment RA (prefix+MAC address)
> > 3. Link local address
> >
> > my questions
> > 1.  is it possible to supress RA on the linux PC, so that PC will not
> > generate IPV6 address using this
> >
> This can be done by setting 0 to /proc/sys/net/ipv6/all/accept_ra
> > 2. can link local address be supressed
> >
> >
> No link local is initialized with the ipv6 stack. So it cannot be
> supressed.
> > -Anjali
> >
> >
> >
> Varun
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