Alexandru Petrescu writes: > > But i guess that Dave's point is what happens if the initial RS is lost, > > would the node retry with the RS after receiving the incomplete RADV in > > order to get a valid prefix and manage to configure a gloabl address? (i > > don't know what 2461 states about this...) > > > > I mean, the question is if this approach of incomplete RADV is used, > > could a node recover and stateless autoconfigure a global address if the > > initial RS was lost? > > Well, 2461 says there should be MAX_RTR_SOLICITATIONS RSs at > RTR_SOLICITATION_INTERVAL seconds interval. Could they _all_ be lost.
Absolutely. An example in a normal Ethernet environment is that the hosts are connected to the router through a simple mini-hub box, and the cable between the minihub and the router is unplugged at the time, and then plugged back in. -Dave _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
