Hmm, On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:16:29 +0930 Mark Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > <snip> > > I'm curious on what people's thoughts would be regarding having a DHCP > option that enables the CPE router process ICMP redirects for these > prefixes from the upstream aggregation router? This would encourage > most inter-cpe prefix traffic to stay local to the exchange/c.o., > without having to run a fully blown routing protocol on each of them. > With increasing P2P style applications and therefore traffic, I think > there would be real benefits in permitting ICMP redirects be processed > by the CPE routers in this scenario. > Hmm, I've just realised that conventional ICMP redirect won't work in this scenario, because the target address of the ICMP redirect couldn't be the downstream CPE, as the upstream aggregation router wouldn't know what the Link Local address of the CPE is from the packet that triggered the redirect. OTOH, maybe the IPv6 destination address of the ICMP redirect could be the subnet router-anycast address, and use the link layer destination address that was the link layer source address of the packet that triggered the redirect. Regards, Mark. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
