2011/8/18, Nejc Škoberne <[email protected]>: > Dear Behcet, > >>> Of course. But you could support various scenarios in the scope of your >>> draft, >>> not only the common "CPE" one. >>> >> >> >> No. >> >> a+p does not require a NAT44 to be used. This is the case here (my guess) >> because NAT44 is commonly used in the current CE routers and they don't >> wish to waste public IPv4 addresses. >> >> Also NAT44 usage has nothing to do with the port range restrictions of the >> CE. >> It is normal behavior of NAPT to select a different source port for the >> outgoing packet and the port range restriction comes into use here, >> CE has to use a source port from its range. > > Sorry, but I didn't get your point. So you think that it is okay as it > is in the draft? You say, that A+P doesn't require a NAT44 to be used. > Exactly. That's why I think it would be great if this was stated in the > draft as well. Currently, NAT is obligatory in the draft.
A+P is the same case if I understand correctly. NAT44 is one of three fundamental functions in A+P architecture. Otherwise, it can’t connect to legacy end-hosts. BRs Gang _______________________________________________ Softwires mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/softwires
