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RE: meta thoughts on m/o bits

2005-05-21 Thread Bernie Volz \(volz\)
Look, I'm not advocating that every device run DHCPv6. I think we're all on the same page here - we want some indication of whether to run or not run DHCP, but that is only an indication not a hard requirement. I, as the owner/administrator of a device, should be able to explicitly configure the de

Re: meta thoughts on m/o bits

2005-05-21 Thread Jari Arkko
Soliman, Hesham wrote: Hi Bernie, > > => You can try, but my concern is about how often you're > going to try. > > If there are bits that say whether you should try or not and those > > bits are not set (i.e. no DHCP server in the network), why > > would you try? > > This means that the wi

RE: ndproxy loop prevention

2005-05-21 Thread Dave Thaler
Bib Hinden writes: > >This means that the STP-running sub-cloud need to be P-bit transparent, > right? > > Yes, that is my understanding. I think the draft is consistent with > this. That is, a ND proxy implements either the P-bit (choice a) or the > STP (choice b) modes, but not both. In STP m

Re: IPv6 WG Last Call:draft-ietf-ipv6-ra-mo-flags-01.txt

2005-05-21 Thread Pekka Savola
On Fri, 20 May 2005, Bob Hinden wrote: Also, I am not sure I understand what the problem is regarding knowing when to try using DHCPv6. For practical purposes, if there isn't a router present (indicated by the RAs it sends) is very unlikely that there will be a DHCPv6 server either (or it won'