OSPFv3 doesn't announce loopback IPv6 network

Kevin P. Fleming lists.bird-users at kevin.km6g.us
Mon Dec 12 22:32:56 CET 2022


On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, at 16:17, Martin Huněk via Bird-users wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Linux, I would suggest using a dummy interface for anything other 
> than real loopback addresses (::1 and 127.0.0.1) and physical 
> connections. The dummy interfaces as they have both link-local IPv6 and 
> "real like" MAC address, so it is acting more like a physical device. 
> This way, you would not need direct protocol either.

This is what I'm using and it works well.



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