I meant to say Mobile Terminals that Support IPv6. Not Mobile IPv6..... Just to make that clear. Two different things. /jim
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bound, Jim > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 5:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Steve Deering > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 1RE: Proposed IPv6 DNS Discovery Requirements > > > I want to second what Itojun says below. We cannot assume > multicast for immediate deployment beyond the link. DHCPv6 > relays will have to be deployed with hard config as they are > in DHCPv4 today. My hope is we do really do Multicast beyond > the link with IPv6 but it has not materialized yet even at > the bake-offs. > > So saying use MLD is a non-starter from the base premise I > support us doing this quickly if we can and that is Mobile > Ipv6 Terminals are being deployed like very soon. As Itojun > stated in other mail vendors will be forced to just provide > hardcoded addresses or some other such mechanism. > > The projections for roll-out for IPv6 handheld devices in > real production in Europe and Asia is as early as Q1 CY 2003. > This is not test bed stuff folks but parts you will be able to buy. > > If we can't meet this deadline (and I don't think we can > based on the strong positions on each side) then the vendors > will have to develop a solution pretty soon that at least > those who care can agree upon to ship IPv6. > > More on this anycast issue later. Thats a problem too. > > /jim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:00 AM > > To: Steve Deering > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Proposed IPv6 DNS Discovery Requirements > > > > > > >(Now that I mention it, perhaps DHCP relays ought also to > be replaced > > >by the use of a well-known, site-local anycast address.) > > > > question i have is, can we really depend on > > availability of multicast > > routing infrastructure in a site. there are lots of > > proposals that > > assume it, however, implementation status is, i have to > > say, rather > > poor. > > > > itoun > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
