----- Original Message ----- From: "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bernie Volz ((volz))" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Alexandru Petrescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <ipv6@ietf.org>; "John Jason Brzozowski (JJMB)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:26 PM Subject: Re: prefix length determination for DHCPv6
> On 13-aug-2007, at 19:25, Bernie Volz ((volz)) wrote: > > > DHCPv6 messages are generally small and don't require a lot of back > > and > > further. I really don't understand why people are objecting to one or > > two request/reply exchanges (only the request of which is multicast). > > Sure, it be nice if there were zero messages, but we're basically down > > to as few as possible and most of these messages are tiny (especially > > compared to the 300+ bytes that is the minimal size of DHCPv4 > > messages). > > It adds up if you have a large number of hosts on a subnet. > > Which got me thinking: wouldn't it be great if a single message from > a host could serve as both a router solicitation and a DHCP solicit > message? > Yes, as long as the router 'server' and the DHCP server get their act together and present a single coherent reply to the host:-) Tom Petch > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------
