Re: [Autoconf] Last Call: draft-ietf-autoconf-adhoc-addr-model (IP Addressing Model in Ad Hoc Networks) to Informational RFC

[Jari Arkko <[e-mail]>]

Erik,

> This paragraph talks about the requirements of the routing protocols, 
> not about the need for routers to move around:
>    Routing protocols running on a router may exhibit different
>    requirements for uniqueness of interface addresses; some have no such
>    requirements, others have requirements ranging from local uniqueness
>    only, to uniqueness within, at least, the routing domain (as defined
>    in [RFC1136]).
>
> The only requirement I know if in the *routing protocols* is around 
> router ID uniqueness.
> If you disagree, then can you please explain why there is a need to 
> refer to routing protocols in the above paragraph?

I can see why the text in the document may be confusing. But I think the 
primary reason we require uniqueness is the one that I explained in the 
previous e-mail. I would also like to point out that there are *some* 
routing protocols that *do* require unique IDs -- I'm told that this is 
the case with OLSR, for instance. So as far as I can tell the text is 
factually correct, even though I do agree with you that for most routing 
protocols its not the case.

Jari