> Why make things easy when we can make them complex... If the complexity can be *hidden* such that the operator configures the /127 link "as usual", this might be okay. If the operator needs to perform extra configuration to get the /127 link working, probably not.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no > > - Alain. > > > > On Aug 24, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Hemant Singh (shemant) wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sth...@nethelp.no [mailto:sth...@nethelp.no] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 11:47 AM > > To: Hemant Singh (shemant) > > Cc: otr...@employees.org; dtha...@wollive.windowsmedia.com.akadns.net; > > ipv6@ietf.org > > Subject: Re: 6man discussion on /127 document @ IETF78 > > > >> If I have two SONET/SDH interfaces connected I configure the address > >> and /127 netmask at each end. No default gateway (or for that matter > >> address resolution) involved. > > > > That's not the point. With such a /127 setup between two directly > > connected routers, one does not want any router to invoke anycast > > forwarding functionality because /127 is provisioned. To prevent any > > anycast processing on a router, the ND off-link model is proposed by > > Dave Thaler and I. The ND off-link model needs a default router and > > that is where the manual configuration of the default gateway comes in. > > > > Hemant > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > > ipv6@ietf.org > > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
