Re: [Autoconf] new charter

Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> Fri, 27 February 2009 10:07 UTC

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Carlos Jesús Bernardos Cano a écrit :
> Hi Alex:
> 
> One question below.
> 
> El jue, 26-02-2009 a las 20:44 +0100, Alexandru Petrescu escribió:
>> Sorry, I made an error indeed putting same prefix.  How about this
>>  updated picture with the prefixes being distinct:
>> 
>> 
>> -----  wifi "adhoc1"  ------  wifi "adhoc2"  ----- 
>> |Host1|---------------|Router|---------------|Host2| ----- LL1
>> LL2 ------ LL3        LL4  ----- G1
>> G4
>> 
>> 
>> "adhoc1" and "adhoc2": 802.11 ESSIDs in "ad-hoc" mode. Each is an
>> IPv6 subnet. LL1...4: IPv6 link-local addresses. Self-formed
>> according to rfc2464. G1, G4:  IPv6 global addresses, for example 
>> 2001:db8:1::1/64 and 2001:db8:2::4/64 Manually assigned, or
>> pre-configured with SNMP or formed according to stateless autoconf
>> rfc4862; the prefixes are advertised by Router in RAs.
>> 
> 
> Does this model only apply to Host-Router-Host scenarios?

Yes.

> I mean, does this model apply for Router-Router-Router scenarios?

Something like this?:

        -------  wifi "adhoc1"  -------  wifi "adhoc2"  -------
       |Router1|---------------|Router2|---------------|Router3|
        ------ LL1          LL2 -------LL3          LL4 -------
               G1                                    G4

       G1, G4: ?

> I fully agree the model fits the first scenario, but I don't for the
>  second, since routers' mobility within the ad-hoc network would
> force them to change prefixes often, I guess.

Ah.  But before being forced to change a prefix, a Router could still
move around as much as it wants.  I think the limit is within 25m range,
as imposed by the wifi 50m area (25m for two routers in opposite
directions).  What do you think about this practical limit?

> For those scenarios it might be better to think of addressing models
> in which MANET routers are configured with /128 (or /32 for IPv4)
> addresses, so they don't need to change their addresses as a result
> of link changes.

Sorry... in the picture above the addresses are also /128.  It was an 
abbreviation for me to show only 2001:db8:1::1/64 assigned to Host1. 
The full notation should have been 2001:db8:1::/64 prefix and 
2001:db8:1::1/128.  Would the following picture satisfy the need for 
/128 addresses?:

         -----  wifi "adhoc1"  ------  wifi "adhoc2"  -----
        |Host1|---------------|Router|---------------|Host2|
         ----- LL1    P1   LL2 ------ LL3   P2   LL4  -----
               G1                                G4

        G1, G4:  IPv6 global addresses, for example
                 2001:db8:1::1/128 and
                 2001:db8:2::4/128
                 Manually assigned, or pre-configured with SNMP
                 or formed according to stateless autoconf rfc4862;
                 the prefixes are advertised by Router in RAs.
        P1, P2:  IPv6 global prefixes, for example
                 2001:db8:1::/64 and
                 2001:db8:2::/64
                 Manually assigned, or pre-configured with SNMP.


Or is it not what you mean?

I also don't understand why you think that if /128 addresses are 
assigned to routers then they don't need to change them as a result of 
link changes.

Alex