In message <4e96cfad.6090...@riw.us> Russ White writes: > > >> A router should not start handing out PD or even IPv4 NAT space until > >> it gets and address from elsewhere. > > In other words, your home network should be unusable unless at least one > edge device is connected to the "real world." I can just imagine the > support calls the local provider will get when they have a local outage. > > "I'm sorry, sir, but that's the way it works --you can't print or stream > movies from your console unless your internet connection is up." > > Yeah, that's going to fly. > > :-) > > Russ
Maybe mail crossed. IPv6 can function with just link local and ULA until it gets a routeable prefix. IPv4 is stuck handing out a NAT address if it has no other configuration so modify the second part of that sentence. Curtis _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list homenet@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
