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I have scoured the internet for an answer to this question, and am no closer to having it answered. Am hoping someone here can help!* Why do we use link-local (or autoconfig) addresses for the standby IP in FHRPs? If you are forwarding a packet tow...
Thank you, Deepak, Tomas, and Nagendra for your inputs! Your help is greatly appreciated.I was falling into the trap of thinking that to forward towards a link-local address required the source address to be of link-local scope as well. The link-l...
Unfortunately, Deepak, this does NOT provide the answer I am looking for.I realize that we use ND in place of ARP in IPv6. I also realize that we use link-local addresses to communicate between devices on the local link. This all makes sense and i...
This seems like a straightforward routing/theory question, but again, if we use link-local addressing for HSRP in IPv6, then why couldn't we use the 169.254.x.y APIPA addressing in IPv4 for standby addresses?If your destination address is a link-loca...
