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Re: [Fwd: Re: About IPv6 private address]
- To: blue <susan.lan@zyxel.com.tw>, v6ops@ops.ietf.org
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: About IPv6 private address]
- From: Peter Sherbin <pesherb@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:56:04 -0800 (PST)
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> I have thought about a pre-configured link-local address; however,
> browsers such as Firefox does not support link-local address. Any
> suggestions?
Would this work assuming that you can reach your device anywhere onnet via IPv6:
1. customer turns on your device connected to CPE router/modem
2. device sents a packet to your server
3. server sends back a config file
The above excludes the customer from configuration and such.
Thanks,
Peter
--- blue <susan.lan@zyxel.com.tw> wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:45:37 +0800
> From: blue <susan.lan@zyxel.com.tw>
> To: Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
> Subject: Re: About IPv6 private address
>
> Fred Baker wrote:
>
> >
> > On Feb 4, 2008, at 4:59 AM, blue wrote:
> >
> >> I want to ask if there's any reserved private IPv6 address? I know
> >> RFC4193 has defined Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses, which is
> >> used to replace deprecated site-local address. However, in user's
> >> perspective, a device will need a well-known address, such as
> >> 192.168.1.1 in IPv4, for a customer to connect to without any
> >> configuration. In RFC 4193, the address' "global ID" is generated
> >> randomly, and the address could not be known in advance.
> >
> >
> > No, there is no such "well known" address. Are you thinking of
> > configuration purposes, such as a Linksys box uses - you http the
> > magic address and configure it?
> >
> Dear Fred:
>
> Yes, users need to configure our device via http, and if there's no
> well-known IPv6 address, how do users know which address to connect to?
> I have thought about a pre-configured link-local address; however,
> browsers such as Firefox does not support link-local address. Any
> suggestions?
>
> BR,
> Yi-Wen
>
>
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