> if there are prefixes in an RA with the A
> bit set, and the M and/or O bits are set in that RA, the host would
> configure both AAC addresses and DHCP-assigned addresses.

That assumes that the DHCPv6 will provide addresses on that prefix. In
most cases, I would suspect that is not the case. However, the DHCPv6
server would assign addresses on other prefixes.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> On Behalf Of Ralph Droms (rdroms)
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 9:45 AM
> To: da Silva, Ron
> Cc: dhcwg@ietf.org; Iljitsch van Beijnum; IETF IPv6 Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [dhcwg] Re: purpose of m/o bit
> 
> Ron - Use of AAC on specific prefixes advertised in RAs, as controlled
> by the A bit in a prefix information option, is independent of the use
> of DHCP ... so you're right, if there are prefixes in an RA with the A
> bit set, and the M and/or O bits are set in that RA, the host would
> configure both AAC addresses and DHCP-assigned addresses.
> 
> I didn't include anything about AAC in the analysis I posted because I
> think they are completely independent...
> 
> - Ralph
> 
> On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 09:30 -0400, da Silva, Ron wrote:
> > > To me, assuming the current specs, the following would make sense:
> > 
> > One of the permutations missing in your algorithm is if a device is
> > configured for always-full-DHCPv6 on an interface AND it receives RA
> > with AAC set...I presume in that case the device would get multiple
> > addresses, right?
> > 
> > -ron
> > 
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