Re: [Autoconf] Closing summary on consensus-call for RFC5889modifications

I think there's a misunderstanding here. All the way back to RFC 2501,
a node has been defined as a router plus possible hosts. If you've got
a wireless device that wants to participate in a MANET it needs to be
running an ad hoc routing protocol, i.e. it's a router. It may perform
only a limited subset of routing functions - consider for example an
OLSR node that does not wish to be a relay, only an endpoint. It can
do that by setting WILLINGNESS equal to zero, and if it is built only
to take such a role it can then throw away large chunks of OLSR code
(for example it never sends TC messages). But the node still has some
router functions. This is the model of both RFC 2501 and 5889-to-be.
The host can then get its addresses in any non-MANET-specific way on
that node.

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Subject: Re: [Autoconf] Closing summary on consensus-call for
RFC5889modifications

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Hi Teco,

Do they really mean a model for the autoconfiguration and is there is
no role for host in autoconfiguration??........the topic goes in to
real debate. what was the final outcome of the discussion???.

Hi All,

Can anyone finalise the suggested outcomes of the discussion??Do you
all really mean that the routers only need to do the autoconfiguration
and the nodes have no role in it??? If so how can we believe a router
to be genuine and how can we ensure that the router will never become
selfish??? so there should be some role in hosts to monitor the
traffic behaviour of router and the host should be able to notify with
some protocol mechanism. do you all really mean to change the title???
I strongly disagree with this.

Rgds,
Reshmi.

Hi Thomas,

On the title change, I remember in Maastricht all accept one
preferred the title change. On the list as well.
There are two arguments.
1) it is _a_ model
2) the model doesn't support hosts, or at least not very well
On the latter, there was a discussion without outcome.

Regards, Teco
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