rfc-3627

Use of /127 Prefix Length Between Routers Considered Harmful

P. Savola
date2003-09 streamINDEPENDENT statusHISTORIC pages6 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3627 doi10.17487/RFC3627 errataview
In some cases, the operational decision may be to use IPv6 /127 prefix lengths, especially on point-to-point links between routers. Under certain situations, this may lead to one router claiming both addresses due to subnet-router anycast being implemented. This document discusses the issue and offers a couple of solutions to the problem; nevertheless, /127 should be avoided between two routers.

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