>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carsten Bormann [mailto:c...@tzi.org] 
>Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:34 AM
>To: Hemant Singh (shemant)
>Cc: ipv6@ietf.org; 6lowpan; Pascal Thubert (pthubert); Jonathan Hui;
Samita Chakrabarti; Erik Nordmark; Dave Thaler
>Subject: Re: off-link model in the 6lowpan talk:
draft-ietf-6lowpan-nd-07

>Hemant,

>it is probably best if you copy 6low...@ietf.org for discussing this.

Will do - thanks.

>> Note that if the multi-link, multi-hop network has all client nodes  
>> as off-link to each other, then there is only one type of regular ND

>> (RFC4861) RA that can signal off-link.  This is an RA with no PIO  
>> (Prefix Information Option).

>Our RAs typically have a PIO with L bit off and A bit on (actually  
>usually a 6IO with a couple bits of additional information, but since  
>-07 the classic PIO works too).

That is my very point.  ND as specified by RFC 4861 has no means to
signal a prefix as off-link, so the L bit cleared is not signaling
off-link. 

>> Therefore it would be interesting to see the IPv6 ND RA config on  
>> the lowpan edge routers.
>>
>> Anyone has working models of this work to demo to us during any  
>> future IETF?

>I'm sure that can be arranged in Anaheim.

Great.  

Thanks,

Hemant



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