Yes. I also agree with Yoav.

Thanks,
- Jongsoo

2010/10/7 Yoav Ben-Yehezkel <[email protected]>

> I think improving the text to make this clearer would be useful.
>
> Thanks,
> Yoav
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Carsten Bormann
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:02 AM
> To: Jongsoo Jeong
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [6lowpan] Don't 6LRs need to register their addresses to
> 6LBR?
>
> On Oct 7, 2010, at 08:29, Jongsoo Jeong wrote:
>
> > Hello.
> >
> > I have a question with 6lowpan-nd.
> > In the 'Section 10.3.1. Bootstrapping a Router', A sentence "Initially
> R1 behaves as a host." makes me confused. Does it means that 6LRs must
> register their address?
>
> 6LoWPAN-ND does not take a position.
>
> It offers a way to do address validation for all nodes (hosts and
> routers).
> If you have another way to get addresses for routers (e.g.,
> pre-configuration, some form of management protocol such as ISA SP100,
> DHCPv6), 6LoWPAN-ND does not force you to use its mechanisms.
>
> > If it does, do they have to register their address periodically after
> they started a routing protocol? Otherwise, how can 6lowpan-nd prevent
> collisions of 6LRs' addresses?
>
> If you do use the 6LoWPAN-ND mechanisms, then you indeed need to keep the
> registration fresh.
>
> Do you think we could improve the text to make this clearer?
>
> Gruesse, Carsten
>
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