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
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