RFC9131 does for IPv6. LLDP seems to me to be the wrong tool for the job. LLDP support may be common, however ARP and ND are required for all IPv4 or IPv6 implementations (or at least IPv4 implementations post the invention of Ethernet).
Regards, Mark. On Fri, 14 Mar 2025, 04:34 Linda Dunbar, <[email protected]> wrote: > Does IPv4 ARP or IPv6 ND already do the job of advertising host IP > addresses to their attached routers? > > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pablo Camarillo (pcamaril) <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2025 2:28 AM > To: rtgwg <[email protected]> > Subject: [rtgwg] FW: New Version Notification for > draft-filsfils-rtgwg-lightweight-host-routing-00.txt > > Hi all, > > We have submitted a draft describing an extension to LLDP to allow hosts > to advertise their IP prefixes to their attached routers, which can then > propagate the reachability of those host prefixes into routing protocols > for enabling network-wide connectivity. > Any feedback is welcomed. > > Thanks, > Pablo. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 3, 2025 9:27 AM > To: cf(mailer list) <[email protected]>; Bernier, Daniel < > [email protected]>; Pablo Camarillo (pcamaril) <[email protected]> > Subject: New Version Notification for > draft-filsfils-rtgwg-lightweight-host-routing-00.txt > > A new version of Internet-Draft > draft-filsfils-rtgwg-lightweight-host-routing-00.txt has been successfully > submitted by Pablo Camarillo and posted to the IETF repository. > > Name: draft-filsfils-rtgwg-lightweight-host-routing > Revision: 00 > Title: Lightweight Host Routing using LLDP > Date: 2025-03-03 > Group: Individual Submission > Pages: 11 > URL: > https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-filsfils-rtgwg-lightweight-host-routing-00.txt > Status: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-filsfils-rtgwg-lightweight-host-routing/ > HTMLized: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-filsfils-rtgwg-lightweight-host-routing > > > Abstract: > > Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is widely deployed today for > discovery of information across network elements like routers, > switches, and hosts. This document extends LLDP to allow hosts to > advertise their IP prefixes to their attached routers which can then > propagate the reachability of these host prefixes into routing > protocols for enabling network-wide connectivity. > > > > The IETF Secretariat > > > _______________________________________________ > rtgwg mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > rtgwg mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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