Ron, Thanks for doing this and this permits us to discuss it simply :--). Response on your matrix via my interpretation as implementer, no comment on your needs and appreciate you sharing that here big time, I find it very useful. Thanks.
> There are nine scenarios, right? > > 1) RA w/auto-conf, M off, O off Stateful is not being requested by the site or admin. No requirement to use it. > 2) RA w/auto-conf, M on, O off use stateful and other configurations available. > 3) RA w/auto-conf, M off, O on use other configurations only. > 4) RA w/auto-conf, M on, O on Same as #2 is my view. > 5) RA w/o auto-conf, M off, O off > 6) RA w/o auto-conf, M on, O off > 7) RA w/o auto-conf, M off, O on > 8) RA w/o auto-conf, M on, O on My read is if auto-conf off then these bits are invalid and stateless is default. > 9) No RA Your lost and not connected have it your way :--) Use link-local :--) thanks /jim > > >From a cable deployment perspective, I would expect... > > 1) CM stateless auto-conf from advertised route(s) > 2) CM stateless auto-conf from advertised route(s) plus DHCPv6 for > additional address(es) > 3) CM stateless auto-conf from advertised route(s) plus DHCPv6 for > addition info > 4) CM stateless auto-conf from advertised route(s) plus DHCPv6 for > additional address(es) and additional info > 5) same behavior as #9 below ? > 6) DHCPv6 for address(es) only > 7) DHCPv6 for additional info only > 8) DHCPv6 for address(es) and additional info > 9) CM stateless auto-conf link local address followed by DHCPv6 for > additional address(es) and/or other info (same behavior as #5) > > This seems way to complicated though, and it would be much more > deterministic for a CM to simply do #4 in all cases which > would make the > M/O bits useless. > > -ron > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
