"PD (Automatic Prefix Delegation)" is one of the choices. draft-haberman-ipngwg-auto-prefix-01.txt http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-haberman-ipngwg-auto-prefix-01. txt
To solve all the configuration issues with DHCPv6 might be another good choice, but I guess PD be a minimum requirement for those who want an automatic prefix delegation mechanism for (for example) IPv6 access services, and DHCPv6 would be an option for those who want more. ---Toshi Yamasaki / NTT Communications > Hi, > > I have a question about RFC2472 - "IP Version 6 over PPP". The RFC talks > about the negotiation of the Interface-Identifier and specifies the > Interface-Identifier Configuration Option. In this case the upper 64 bits > are just fe80:: > > It does not mention if there is any standard way to configure a > global/site-local prefix on a point-to-point link i.e. are there > configuration options to let one side tell the other about a global > prefix? > > Or is it just left upto the users at both ends to decide on a prefix > somehow and then configure it on each end? > > I'm sorry if there is an RFC about this that I missed... > > Thanks, > Lilian > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Lilian Fernandes > AIX TCP/IP Development - IBM Austin > Tel: 512-838-7966 Fax: 512-838-3509 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
