IPv6 and multiple interfaces

[Kevin Stevens]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Kirk Strauser wrote:

> I'm using an IPv6 tunnel to Hurricane Electric on my FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE
> firewall.  That firewall has multiple Ethernet interfaces.  Should each of
> those interfaces be assigned a routable IPv6 address?  And what *is*

If you want them to carry IPv6 traffic.  To phrase it differently, you
shouldn't use the same IPv6 address on multiple interfaces, but you don't
have to run IPv6 on all interfaces.

> "link-local"?  Is there a decent (English language) FAQ that's readable by
> technical users who aren't networking experts?

http://www.ipv6.org/
http://www.v6.wide.ad.jp/

KeS