Re: [Autoconf] WC consensus call for RFC5889 modifications (Fwd:Forgotone [Was: RFC 5889)

"Charles E. Perkins" <charles.perkins@earthlink.net> Thu, 05 August 2010 22:16 UTC

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Hello Emmanuel,

> Maybe it would be easier to focus on the counterpart instead, and
> consider the question "what is the definition of a host?". It seems to
> me that the devices we are aiming to configure are typically capable of
> things that hosts can't do (including, for instance, forwarding traffic
> on behalf of other devices, if necessary).

I don't think so.  If a device is a host and not
a router, it shouldn't be forwarding packets.

I'm sure that there are going to be non-routing
hosts in wireless ad hoc networks.  From previous
design work, I know that it is absolutely straightforward
to allow a host to request an address and get one (if
available).  You might check [from year 2001]:
	www.cs.ucsb.edu/~ebelding/txt/autoconf.txt
We seemed to know more on average in 2001, than has
been displayed here lately in the autoconf WG.  A node
does NOT have to forward packets to request an address!



>   "hosts are considered to be connected to a MANET only through
> a router, and thus, the MANET can be considered as comprising of only
> routers".

Do you _really_ want to exclude hosts from your network?
Where will the applications reside?  Hmmm... a network without
hosts...  Seems like a niche market.  But, ad hoc networks
are still a niche market, so this would be a niche niche
market.  <hmmm, sounds like Monty Python's knights...>

> This architectural consideration thus separated the issue of
> "configuring routers" from the issue of "configuring hosts" in this
> context, and the rough consensus was that we would first focus on
> configuring routers. Which lead us to where we are now.

When was this rough consensus?  Do you mean in Maastricht?
Or, before?  If the latter, I surely missed it.

Regards,
Charlie P.