Suresh, >> 5. Creating an alternative to DHCPv6 ? >> >> One SLAAC is defined to do functionality similar to DHCP (including per >host prefixes/options) >> how long before options are added so SLAAC becomes an alternative to >DHCPv6 ? > >The goal is not to come up with an alternative to DHCPv6. The goal is to >provide backward compatibility for IPv6 hosts that are SLAAC only.
[Shree] Understand the goal, but with no way to distinguish between "SLAAC only" V/s "DHCP capable hosts" the natural choice would be to opt for lowest common denominator i.e. "SLAAC only" mechanism. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
