> Each ipv6-over-foo doc discusses modifications to ND, > if necessary, for the particular link technology. For > example, Section 5 of RFC 2023 (IPv6 over PPP) mentions > that DAD is redundant and needn't be run.
my interpretation of IPv6 over PPP is different. DAD is redundant only for the link-local address, but needs to be run for all other addresses on the link. /ot > Fred L. Templin wrote: >> Margaret/others, >> Margaret Wasserman wrote: >> >>> DAD is a link-local mechanism (uses link-local multicast >>> packets). So, while it checks all addresses, it only >>> explicitly checks for duplicate addresses on the local link. >> What about DAD for links that are unicast-only? Alternatives >> I can imagine are: >> 1. specify some sort of unicast mechanism for DAD >> 2. perform some sort of multicast emulation (e.g., MARS) >> 3. avoid DAD alltogether when one can assume that addresses >> are uniquely assigned within the site >> Thoughts? >> Fred Templin >> [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] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
