Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

[sthaug@nethelp.no]

> > please ping my router, it's interface address is: fe80::20e:cff:fe5c:b001/64
> > 
> > my monitoring system can't ping this to ensure liveness of the
> > interface either :(
> 
> but they can ping whatever global /128 you put on that interface, so why doesn't that solve the problems?

Because you are then using one set of addresses for protool peerings
and another one for global ping - thus making life more complicated
for the operator.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no