I have a secondary Internet connection at home, that uses an extremely dumbed-down CPE — like, you cannot make ANY configuration changes to it.

To connect that network to the rest of my home/homelab network, my choices are either a) set static routes on every device on the network (assuming they even support setting any), or b) inject IPv6 routes into the network using router advertisements.*

#HowIPv6HelpedMeThisWeek (and every week for the last 2-3 years)

(* Sadly, very few network operating systems that I've seen support advertising more-specific routes but not a default route, which I absolutely do not want on that network. 😒)
@jima Can you cheat and just announce an invalid default route? E.g. with next hop set to ::?

@agowa338 I'm not sure I've seen a configuration stanza that allows for setting the next-hop? 🤔

Interesting question, regardless...I'll have to pay more attention.

@jima Basically my idea was to just fill in garbage that gets thrown away by the receivers. Doesn't have to be exactly that, you could also try other "shittery"...

@agowa338 I'm tentatively fine with using the OK-ish network OS that supports this functionality without sketchy workarounds. 🤷🏽‍♂️

(VyOS, for anyone too curious. Better if they had an arm64 release, but what can you do...)

@jima Well if you can get something that doesn't require stupid shit to work around arbitrary limitations that shouldn't exist in the first place then go for it?
@agowa338 @jima I certainly hope not and not on any device I’ve ever touched.
@sng @jima In an ideal world you could just leave it empty if you don't want it to be sent out but we've to deal the cards we've been plaid so...
@agowa338 @jima There are perfectly good and valid reasons for no default route. An invalid default route on purpose is an abomination.
@sng @agowa338 Athe main reason, for me, for "no default route" is because another device, which I can't modify, is providing it. 👀
@jima @sng Well then you could just send it's Link Local IP in your other device that doesn't let you omit a default route.