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

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