Dumb question, but isn't the text making support for DHCPv6 a SHOULD, but not making it a SHOULD or MUST to run?
I completely agree that in some networks (or interfaces) where the node 'knows' that DHCP isn't deployed in the network, there is no sense in running DHCP. -----Original Message----- From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of ext james woodyatt Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:10 AM To: 6MAN Subject: Re: Node Requirements: Elevating DHCPv6 from MAY to SHOULD On May 23, 2011, at 4:48 PM, Thomas Narten wrote: > > The one downside is that you run DHCP even if there are no DHCP servers. In > some environments, that is extra traffic the operator might not want. I > recall many long threads about how the cost of those extra DHCP packets on a > wireless network were unacceptable. Yes, and if we'd like to rehash those arguments again, then I stand ready to defend that proposition. -- james woodyatt <j...@apple.com> member of technical staff, core os networking -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------