Re: [Autoconf] new charter

Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> Fri, 27 February 2009 20:55 UTC

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Rex Buddenberg a écrit :
> Stan,
> 
> The difference is not geo footprint (you got that right).  Rather the 
> difference is between LAN (at fringe of network) and WAN (in the 
> interior).  A WAN will always be at least one router away from end systems.
> While we're at it, references to SSIDs is not proper -- that's 
> 802.11-specific.

802.11-specific because that's what many people actually mean.  "Ad-hoc" 
type of SSID is there for same reason.  Many MANET experiments happened 
with 802.11 links.  Wireless LANs, WaveLAN, all are in scope and deserve 
mentioning.  They're the building blocks out of which MANETs can come up.

For LOS satcom communications: if I knew the precise names then I could 
find the manner in which they (or their admins) configure their IPv6 
addresses.

I'm specifically keeping out of MANET 802.15.4 (akin to WPAN) because 
there seems to be an IPv6 ND draft for this link which already has its 
own address autoconfiguration quirks.

For WMAN: I'm aware of 802.16 and it has its own already IETF specified 
means of forming IPv6 addresses.

In this landscape, I'm not sure how could Autoconf practical way of 
forming addresses not mention WiFi.

Alex