(usagi-users 00586) Re: How to set default ipv6

[YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <200106171427.f5HERCu08197@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (at Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:27:12 +0200), Jasmin Buchert <jasmin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> says:

> With the normal linux kernel the default IPv6 was the last IPv6 added to a 
> device. Is it now a random IPv6?
> 
> And then if i can get it to work with some tricks and luck, i have a second 
> problem. If i connect to 3ffe:: IPs it uses the desired default IPv6 for the 
> outgoing connection, but if i connect 2001:: IPs it uses (a random?) 2001: IP 
> from the IPv6's i added to the device.

What do you mean by "default ipv6?"

Are your talking about source address selection?
If so, we use the "longest match" rule for source address selection.

--yoshfuji