Op 31 jan. 2014, om 20:25 heeft Ole Troan <otr...@employees.org> het volgende geschreven: >> >> My opinion: put the prefix distribution protocol on top of NDP, so all nodes >> are informed. > > what are the arguments for involving hosts in the prefix assignment protocol? > as opposed the existing router to hosts protocols (ND/DHCP). >
With multiple prefixes, hosts have to select. Hosts get smarter and know how to handle multiple paths (MPTCP and the like). It isn't enough just to provide a prefix with lifetime. If the router knows more, for example data rate and delay (fixed line, 3G/4G, whatever), it shall pass it to the host. Teco _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list homenet@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
