Ralph, > Not knowing the background of all readers of the doc, it > might be good to put your explicit warning in the text: > > An IPv6 node that does not include an implementation of DHCP will be > unable to obtain any IPv6 addresses aside from link-local addresses > when it is connected to a link over which it receives a router > advertisement with the 'M' flag (Managed address configuration) set > and which contains no prefixes advertised for Stateless Address > Autoconfiguration (see section 4.5.2). In this situation, the IPv6 > Node will be unable to communicate with other off-link nodes. > > And, I can live with MAY as long as this text is included.
That then is starting to sound like consensus. 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
