Hi Mikael, Very thought provoking discussion indeed! My suggestion is do it like in mobile networks: get the host initiate an RS rather than waiting for RA.
Regards, Behcet ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mikael Abrahamsson <[email protected]> > To: Hesham Soliman <[email protected]> > Cc: 6man <[email protected]>; Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, September 22, 2010 12:21:36 AM > Subject: Re: New version available > > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Hesham Soliman wrote: > > > I agree. You want this "minor" change to be done in all host stacks. At this > > stage IMO it's way too late. I'm dealing with some vendors now and I don't > > hear any complaints about supporting ND in their routers/switches, that's > > anecdotal but we didn't see this on the mailing list either. I can't see >how > > ND is a show-stopper or even delaying any router vendor. > > ND is an integral part in any IPv6 implementation. Nobody is saying ND shold >go away, what we're saying is that it should be possible to run without it in >some scenarios. > > -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: [email protected] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > [email protected] > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
