Hi Adam, > In section 4.2.1 on RFC2461, you repeat that Router Discovery is > Unconditionally manatory twice.
Thanks, got it. > Also, I'd like to understand why the ability to disable Router Discovery is > marked as a SHOULD instead of a MAY. I don't recall anything in 2461 that > calls this out. > > With the way I do things, making this a SHOULD in this type of document > pretty much means I'm going to have to add and document yet another > configuration toggle, one that I personally don't see any value to (at > least for the type of equipment we are producing). Making this a MAY > allows those vendors who see this as a requirment to go ahead and implement > this, while giving other vendors who see no such requirement the option to > leave it out. Thinking about this, I tend to agree with you. I think router discovery is mandatory, and nowhere does 2461 talk about disabling it. John -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
