On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Ralph Droms wrote:
> At 09:06 AM 3/12/2003 +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
> >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?
> 
> Yes.  The home NAT/router in my basement acts as a DHCP client
> on the interface connected to the ISP and as a DHCP server on
> the interface to my home network.

That's not what I meant at all, the scope was "enterprise"; I acknowledge
your "unmanaged" case.
 
> Your question does raise an interesting issue - where, in the IPv6
> specifications, is the behavior of a router in response to received
> router advertisements specified?  How does a router behave if
> it receives an RA with either or both of the 'M' and 'O' bits
> set?

RFC2461 6.2.7 gives some insight: nothing is done, based on the current 
specification (but doing something is not explicitly forbidden either).
 
-- 
Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings

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