(usagi-users 03991) Re: Source address selection

hi

according to RFC 3484 there are some source and destination address
selection algorithms

with respect to that i was asking this question
usually there could be three address asigned to the interface

anjali

On Nov 20, 2007 4:42 PM, Varun Chandramohan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Anjali Gajendragadkar wrote:
> > Hi
> > can any one tell me the reason for Source IPv6 address getting
> > selected in following scenario
> >
> > 1. Linux PC - 2.6.12.3
> >
> > SA= 2001:db8:c18:101::100;  2001:db8:c18:101:211:95ff:fe28:8928
> >
> > Case 1
> > when ping6 is initiated to 2001:db8:c18:101::200
> >
> > the linux machine selected 2001:db8:c18:101::100 source address
> >
> > case 2
> > when ping6 is initiated to 2001:db8:c18:101:20d:88ff:fe45:c49d
> >
> > the linux machine selected 2001:db8:c18:101::100 source address
> >
> >
> Iam not sure what you want to know, but its the primary address that
> will be selected as source address for that interface. This can me
> modified by ip command.
> > Regards
> > Anjali
> >
> >
> >
>
> Varun
>
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