Re: [dhcwg] Call for Adoption: draft-yeh-dhc-dhcpv6-prefix-pool-opt-08

[Alexandru Petrescu <[e-mail]>]

Le 07/09/2012 15:20, Ted Lemon a écrit :
> On Sep 7, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Alexandru Petrescu
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> I mean I dont think an educated guess could be done reasonably to
>> form a common prefix and instruct the Relay about it.  Even less
>> that Relay to advertise the aggregated prefix instead of numerous
>> specific routes.
>
> I think the whole point of the prefix pool option is to avoid making
> educated guesses, by coming up with the aggregate route in the core
> of the network, as a management function.   IOW, I don't think the
> DHCP server will be following some heuristic to figure out what the
> aggregate prefix is; rather, it will be configured either to allocate
> one specifically, or will be configured by a management system with a
> predefined prefix pool.

Ok, I understand now.  It makes sense what you explain above.

On another hand, the idea of a Relay to act first as a Requesting Router 
has already been discarded somehow?

Alex