>>>>> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:34:56 -0800,
>>>>> "Fred L. Templin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I wonder if the setting of the "L" bit in Prefix Information options
> also bears some mention in this section. RFC 2461, section 4.6.2 says:
> "When (the L bit is) not set, the advertisment makes no statement
> about on-link or off-link properties of the prefix. For instance,
> the prefix might be used for address configuration with some of
> the addresses belonging to the prefix being on-link and others
> being off-link."
> Does this mean that prefix information options with the L bit not
> set can be used to auto-configure off-link global or site-local
> addresses?
I don't think so. The L bit is irrelevant to address configuration.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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