Hi Matt,
>Matt Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>If your dialup router is in command of the whole process, what
>happens if it holds the first outbound packet for a while, then
>advertises the new global prefix, *then* sends the initiator an ICMP
>"beyond scope of source address"? Will the initiator's stack then
>retry with the new global-scope address?
I don't think that this would work well for many application
and/or transport layer protocols. Once the remote host has
been identified as having a particular address, it may not
be possible to change that address in mid-session.
Margaret
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