> On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Bound, Jim wrote: > > In addition the Enterprise wireline networks and IT are not > going to > > give up stateful control with servers and NAS in their > networks for a > > long time with IPv6 is my intelligence from my work with users. > > Are servers and NAS configured with DHCPv4 today?
Sometimes. Point above was NAS and SErvers use DHCPv4 to give out the addreses and maintain that database. > > Not that I know of, we certainly don't do it (even though we > use DHCPv4 for most workstations). Of course, that's > possible, e.g. by identifying MAC-address in the servers > etc., but I'm not sure if all that many folks do it. > > Don't underestimate the power of an admin doing manual > configuration. :-) > > So, my point is that there's a lot more to it than just > "stateful" or "stateless". > > The critical point, IMO, is making the nodes able to easily > configure other parameters they'd like, using DHCP-lite, or > other mechanisms like that. Few people prefer to punch all > of that in manually. The 'O' Bit is supportive of SHOULD too. /jim > > -- > Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the > Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." > Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
