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Re: [6lowpan] "Advertize on Behalf" flag in ARO

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Tue, 29 March 2011 13:14 UTC

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On Mar 29, 2011, at 14:55, Dijk, Esko wrote:

> RPL reachability is indeed advertised to both 6LR/6LNs, the only distinction is that a 6LN (host) would operate as a RPL leaf node

Hosts don't take part in routing protocols, so I don't understand this sequence.
The only source of information about reachability and network configuration a host has is ND (and DHCP for some of the latter, if present).

Gruesse, Carsten

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