Thanks, Alex. We too think the same about the use of PD - to be able subnet further and RA downstream.
- Satya Rao Mobile Devices Technology Office Motorola Tel: 512-996-6781 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Petrescu Alexandru-AAP021 > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:04 AM > To: Ralph Droms (rdroms) > Cc: IETF IPv6 Mailing List; Bernie Volz (volz) > Subject: Re: Prefix Delegation using ICMPv6 > > Ralph Droms (rdroms) wrote: > > Alexandru - you've used a phrase that I still don't > understand. What > > does it mean for a node to have a prefix that "it can reuse > [...] for > > itself and for others"? > > Ralph, thanks for asking. "A node having a prefix it can > reuse for itself and for others" means that the node derives > shorter prefixes from the one that is delegated and it > eventually RAs them into a network for which is responsible. > Something like a router at home connected to ADSL needs a > whole prefix for the other PCs in house. > > This is a potential use of prefix delegation. I'm not sure > whether the ICMPv6-PD authors think the same about what's PD > needed for. They would clarify, I hope. > > Alex > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------
