> Bill Manning wrote: > I remember them being considered. Steve Deering had > this wonderful idea for metro-addressing.
Indeed, in 1995 when he was at parc. Here's a link: http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/ipv6mh/metro-addr-slides-jul95.pdf However this was never part of the spec AFAIR.
That is correct, it was never part of the IPv6 standards. I too thought it was a nice approach.
Bob
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