Karl, >> can you give examples of what information cannot be merged? >> certainly a default router list can be merged... > > If one source says that the domain search list is "a.com b.com c.com" > and another source says it is "c.com a.com b.com", how can you merge the > search lists?
refer to Mark's mail on search lists. > Or if one source says that the default route is via IP address 1, and > the other source says that the default route is via IP address 2, which > IP address are you supposed to use as your default route? Sure, you can > set up two default routes - but when a packet turns up for which you > have no more specific route, which IP address will you send it to? > Something has to choose, using some criterion or other. huh? that's exactly how router discovery in IPv6 works. put all default routers on your default routers list. read 4861 and 4191 for more details. > Some things cannot be merged - that's what "conflict" means. I am yet to see what information that would be. cheers, Ole -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
