Ole Troan wrote: [...] > >> point-to-point - Neighbor Discovery handles such links just like > >> multicast links. (Multicast can be trivially > >> provided on point to point links, and interfaces > >> can be assigned link-local addresses.) Neighbor > >> Discovery should be implemented as described in > >> this document. > > > > If this is the behavior we agree on, then I think that answers my > > question. > > agree on PPP links should be treated as multicast links. that doesn't > mean you should require address resolution before sending packets. > > 2461, 7.2.2. Sending Neighbor Solicitations > > When a node has a unicast packet to send to a neighbor, but does not > know the neighbor's link-layer address, it performs address > resolution. > > for PPP links we always know the link-layer address.
Yes I agree. -Dave -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
