RE: Question about SLAAC: how the host determines the prefixes allocated from different prefix pools

2010-06-07 Thread JOSHI, SHRINIVAS ASHOK (SHRINIVAS ASHOK)
Fortune, As per RFC 4862 "section 5.5.3. Router Advertisement Processing of RFC" STB should generate two global addresses. Please note Prefix Information Option in Router Advertisement does not contain a way to associate a prefix with a service. DHCPv6 will be a better option to request an IPv

Question about SLAAC: how the host determines the prefixes allocated from different prefix pools

2010-06-07 Thread Fortune HUANG
Dear all, In section 3 of RFC4862 (SLAAC), it states as follows: " o A large site with multiple networks and routers should not require the presence of a DHCPv6 server for address configuration. In order to generate global addresses, hosts must determine the prefixes that id