Subject: Re: IPv6 Anycast?

From: Stuart Sheldon <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:54:05 -0700

Hi Ulrich,

Thanks, that resolves half the issue. So as of right now, there is no
userspace program to add anycast addresses?

Thanks in advance,

Stu Sheldon
ACT USA

Ulrich Weber wrote:
> Hi Stuart,
> 
> you probably mean the IPV6_JOIN_ANYCAST/IPV6_LEAVE_ANYCAST socket option
> support? See the old patch documentation:
> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/net/0208.3/0028.html
> 
> To remove the automatic generated IPv6 Anycast addresses, you can remove
> the routes from the local table manually:
> ip -6 route del 2607:ff38:: table local
> 
> Best regards
>  Ulrich
> 

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