Karl, >> can you give examples of what information cannot be merged? >> certainly a default router list can be merged... > > If one source says that the domain search list is "a.com b.com c.com" > and another source says it is "c.com a.com b.com", how can you merge the > search lists? > > Or if one source says that the default route is via IP address 1, and > the other source says that the default route is via IP address 2, which > IP address are you supposed to use as your default route? Sure, you can > set up two default routes - but when a packet turns up for which you > have no more specific route, which IP address will you send it to? > Something has to choose, using some criterion or other. > > Some things cannot be merged - that's what "conflict" means.
I presume we are talking about merging information received on a single interface? for the multiple interface case I would consider each interface's configuration information independent. Ole -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
