link-local needed w/static IP and gateway?

[Charles Sprickman]

(sending to list, accidentally missed "reply to all" when I replied to Doug)

Doug Barton wrote:
> On 6/12/2011 3:30 PM, Charles Sprickman wrote:
>> Can anyone help me understand what the relationship is between address
>> resolution for the router
> 
> I don't know what you mean by "address resolution for the router."

Layer-2 to Layer-3 mapping and discovery.

>> and link-local?  Why is this required?  Why
>> can I ping other hosts on the subnet without enabling link-local?
> 
> link-local is required for IPv6. The gateway address should be the
> link-local address, not the GUA.

What is the purpose then of the default route statement for IPv6 in
rc.conf and why have my providers offered up a non-link-local gateway
address?

Thanks,

Charles