From: "Hesham Soliman (EAB)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: IPv6 router requirements Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:45:41 +0100
> > > Do you have a suggestion of somebody who could tell me if an > > > IPv6 router > > > is required to perform host discovery for host routes? > > => what do you mean by host discovery? Is the router sharing > a link with the host? > Are the discovery targets MAC address/hostname/IPv6 addresses? If router response the above information, for example, "Node Information Queries Proxy"(*1), it is a pleasure for the network administrator to manage the IPv6 local network. (*1) Node Information Queries Proxy >From "IPv6 Node Information Queries" <draft-ietf-ipngwg-icmp-name-lookups-09.txt>, >5.3.1. Discussion > > Because a node can only answer a Node Name Request when it is up and > reachable, it may be useful to create a proxy responder for a group > of nodes, for example a subnet or a site. Such a mechanism is not > addressed here. Regards, Katsuhisa ABE <[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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
