Re: [dhcwg] Re: prefix length determination for DHCPv6

2007-08-14 Thread Masataka Ohta
Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > IPv6 specifications and implementations without DHCPv6 have been > around for the better part of a decade, Given that IPv6 has never really been deployed, we should rather use OSI, because it has longer history of specification and implementation. > so requiring D

Re: [dhcwg] RE: prefix length determination for DHCPv6

2007-08-14 Thread james woodyatt
On Aug 13, 2007, at 09:10, David W. Hankins wrote: On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 05:51:09PM +0900, JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達 哉 wrote: In any event, I hear that some DHCPv6 guys are planning to make a new draft that covers this topic. So I think it's better to hold off for now and wait for the document, ra

Re: prefix length determination for DHCPv6

2007-08-14 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 14-aug-2007, at 12:38, tom.petch wrote: Which got me thinking: wouldn't it be great if a single message from a host could serve as both a router solicitation and a DHCP solicit message? Yes, as long as the router 'server' and the DHCP server get their act together and present a single co

Re: prefix length determination for DHCPv6

2007-08-14 Thread tom.petch
- Original Message - From: "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bernie Volz ((volz))" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Alexandru Petrescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ; "John Jason Brzozowski (JJMB)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:26 PM Subject: Re: pre

Re: prefix length determination for DHCPv6

2007-08-14 Thread James Carlson
Iljitsch van Beijnum writes: > On 13-aug-2007, at 19:25, Bernie Volz ((volz)) wrote: > > > DHCPv6 messages are generally small and don't require a lot of back > > and > > further. I really don't understand why people are objecting to one or > > two request/reply exchanges (only the request of wh

Re: [dhcwg] RE: prefix length determination for DHCPv6

2007-08-14 Thread David W. Hankins
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 05:51:09PM +0900, JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉 wrote: > In any event, I hear that some DHCPv6 guys are planning to make a new > draft that covers this topic. So I think it's better to hold off for > now and wait for the document, rather than continue this thread > with keeping poss

Re: prefix length determination for DHCPv6

2007-08-14 Thread James Carlson
Iljitsch van Beijnum writes: > On 13-aug-2007, at 17:38, James Carlson wrote: > > There's a problem with that idea. There's no guarantee in any > > deployment that the DHCPv6 server is actually the definitive source of > > information about the prefixes that are on the link. Routers are > > suppo