>  > I do not advocate requiring every host and router 
> implementation to have  > multi-site support. I think all 
> that's required for host implementations  > is the default 
> address selection rules, and all that's required for  > 
> router implementations is to have two modes (either all 
> interfaces are  > in the same site so site-locals are treated 
> like globals, or all  > interfaces are in different sites so 
> site-locals are filtered). This is  > really very little 
> burden for host and router implementations.
> 
> Sounds like you're referring here to the case of multilink 
> subnets, as in Dave and Christian's draft. Having multiple 
> interfaces attached to the same site vs. one interface per 
> site is a design consideration we were investigating for 
> MANET applications at SRI shortly prior to my departure 6mos 
> ago, but we didn't come to any firm conclusions.

Actually no, I was not referring to multilink subnets. I think they are
entirely unrelated.

Rich

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