Re: Is Link-Local address mandatory for a host device?

2009-06-11 Thread Prabhu Hariharan
mark ; Prabhu Hariharan < > prab...@gmail.com> > Cc: ipv6@ietf.org > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:14:53 PM > Subject: RE: Is Link-Local address mandatory for a host device? > > Erik Nordmark wrote: > > >I suspect that you also can't use DHCPv6 for non-addr

Re: Is Link-Local address mandatory for a host device?

2009-06-11 Thread Behcet Sarikaya
escape from the link-locals. Regards, Behcet - Original Message From: Hemant Singh (shemant) To: Erik Nordmark ; Prabhu Hariharan Cc: ipv6@ietf.org Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:14:53 PM Subject: RE: Is Link-Local address mandatory for a host device? Erik Nordmark wrote: >I susp

RE: Is Link-Local address mandatory for a host device?

2009-06-10 Thread Hemant Singh (shemant)
Erik Nordmark wrote: >I suspect that you also can't use DHCPv6 for non-addresses (finding the >DNS servers etc) since DHCPv6 might assume that some communication uses >the link-local address. But I haven't checked in the RFC. Snipped from RFC 3315, section 1.1 is: [Clients and servers exchange

Re: Is Link-Local address mandatory for a host device?

2009-06-10 Thread Francis Dupont
In your previous mail you wrote: For a end-device (a host), if the interface connecting to IPv6 network is configured with IPv6 global address, then automatic configuration of link-local address is mandatory for that interface? Consider the host is being statically configured with IP

RE: Is Link-Local address mandatory for a host device?

2009-06-10 Thread TJ
etf.org] On Behalf Of Erik >Nordmark >Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:39 PM >To: Prabhu Hariharan >Cc: ipv6@ietf.org >Subject: Re: Is Link-Local address mandatory for a host device? > >Prabhu Hariharan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> For a end-device (a host), if the int

Re: Is Link-Local address mandatory for a host device?

2009-06-10 Thread Erik Nordmark
Prabhu Hariharan wrote: Hi, For a end-device (a host), if the interface connecting to IPv6 network is configured with IPv6 global address, then automatic configuration of link-local address is mandatory for that interface? Consider the host is being statically configured with IPv6 default ga