Re: IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for Foobar Configuration

2012-01-03 Thread Warren Kumari
On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:13 AM, STARK, BARBARA H wrote: > >> 4. [my favorite] Neither clients nor routers can predict whether they will >> find themselves in an environment where only one or the other is supported. >> So both clients and routers

Re: IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for Foobar Configuration

2012-01-03 Thread Jared Mauch
On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:13 AM, STARK, BARBARA H wrote: > 4. [my favorite] Neither clients nor routers can predict whether they will > find themselves in an environment where only one or the other is supported. > So both clients and routers that expect to be fully interoperable must > support both

RE: IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for Foobar Configuration

2012-01-03 Thread STARK, BARBARA H
mplify just a little bit. Barbara From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Roger Jørgensen Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 9:06 AM To: Doug Barton Cc: 6man Mailing List; Brian E Carpenter Subject: Re: IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for Foobar Configuration

Re: IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for Foobar Configuration

2011-12-25 Thread Roger Jørgensen
On Dec 23, 2011 8:57 AM, "Doug Barton" wrote: > What I *am* saying is that extending RA is always the *wrong* answer. Yes it is. Keep RA simple and lets solve "problems" elsewhere, dhcp is the current tool. --- Roger J --- IE

Re: IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for Foobar Configuration

2011-12-22 Thread Doug Barton
Yeah, and/or the recently approved multicast DNS draft. Personally I like DHCP, but I'm not saying it's the only answer. What I *am* saying is that extending RA is always the *wrong* answer. Doug On 12/21/2011 14:07, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Doug, > > Excuse front posting, but I think there

Re: IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for Foobar Configuration

2011-12-21 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Doug, Excuse front posting, but I think there's another aspect to this, which is that the Service Location Protocol (RFC 2165) was standardised in 1997, when DHCP was still a newcomer, and it offers a multicast service discovery mechanism that doesn't need *any* central server (the SLP Directory A

Re: IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for Foobar Configuration

2011-12-21 Thread Doug Barton
On 12/21/2011 11:44 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > On 2011-12-22 07:37, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 12/19/2011 5:24 PM, Bhatia, Manav (Manav) wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> We have posted a new draft that extends Router Advertisements to >>> include information about the one or more NTP servers present in the

IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for Foobar Configuration

2011-12-21 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2011-12-22 07:37, Doug Barton wrote: > On 12/19/2011 5:24 PM, Bhatia, Manav (Manav) wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We have posted a new draft that extends Router Advertisements to >> include information about the one or more NTP servers present in the >> network. This is useful where the delays in acquirin