On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 06:49, Alexandru Petrescu < alexandru.petre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know how much software exist for RFC4191 specific routes to be > received by a Router (not a Host)? > Routers don't listen to RAs in general, so, not much. They also aren't usually DHCPv6 clients. Unless they're customer routers, in which case they use both. > Also, to support specific routes in RA towards a Router there would be > need of specification change. (you pointed to an RFC6xxx but it read to me > as Informational). > The router that is the next-hop to a particular prefix needs to send the RA with an RIO for that prefix, yes. If that router does not wish to be the default router, it can set the default lifetime field to zero. I don't a router can can send an RIO option that says "send traffic to this prefix to this other router". This is good because it encourages fate-sharing, which usually makes things more likely to work.
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