RE: Usage of IPv6 flow label

[Thomas Eklund]

> In my opinion, the IPv4 TOS should also be "e-2-e"...
> ...clients should set it....routers should leave it alone....

IPv4 ToS or IPv6 Traffic Class field is 8 bits and today most routers use 6
bits for them for diffserv (DSCP) and then it is per defintion PER hop
behaviour and having possibility to re-write it at ingrees/egress router to
your domain
..

-- thomas


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