>> confused. a host cannot support IPv6 if it doesn't support ND. could >> you please clarify? > > I'm not sure that your statement is fully correct. > Though I'm convinced that ND provides many useful > features, in specific environments and rare cases > the use of ND may be problematic (due to security > or "performance" reasons). > The IPv6 spec luckily doesn't require that a node MUST > use ND. If you create static permanent Neighbor Cache > entries and switch off NUD, there is no need to perform > ND (sacrificing flexibility and some robustness).
I presume you are not suggesting that to install my new printer I need to: - manually pick and configure any addresses on the printer that isn't link-local - manually install a default route on the printer - configure the neighbor cache on the printer for _all_ directly connected hosts and routers - configure the neighbor cache on all the other hosts and routers. in the department of splitting hairs, I think we're done here. ;-) cheers, Ole -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
