Basavaraj Patil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ignoring cellular hosts for a moment, how are periodic RAs useful for any > host?
They are part of the basic RS/RA reliability mechanism. Instead of having hosts periodically poll routers, routers periodically send out RAs. You need one or the other (or both). You seem to be assuming that all RAs are sent reliably. If so, then I agree that the above model is not really ideal. But pretty much none of the basic IP protocols assume reliability at this level. Is that really a safe assumption to be made in the types of networks being discussed here? Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
