#46: M-bit in the RA
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 Reporter:  [email protected]  |       Owner:  [email protected]
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  new               
 Priority:  minor               |   Milestone:                    
Component:  nd                  |     Version:                    
 Severity:  -                   |    Keywords:                    
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 nd-04 currently redefines the use of the M "Managed" bit to indicate that
 this router is an ER or has an ER available through it. Several people has
 found this confusing and would like to keep the original DHCPv6 managed
 indication for M.

 This ticket is to change M back to its original meaning (DHCPv6
 available). The availability of an ER will instead be encoded into the Prf
 field. The new Prf field encoding would be:

 "LoWPAN Routers with no ER available SHOULD set Prf to (00) for low
 preference, LoWPAN Routers with ER availability SHOULD set Prf to (01) for
 normal preference, and LoWPAN Edge Routers SHOULD set Prf to (01) for high
 preference."

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/6lowpan/trac/ticket/46>
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