RE: [dhcwg] static route option for dhcpv6

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Stiemerling [mailto:Martin.Stiemerling@ccrle.nec.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:11 PM
> To: vijayak@india.hp.com; dhcwg@ietf.org
> Subject: RE: [dhcwg] static route option for dhcpv6
>
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> --On Mittwoch, Januar 16, 2002 14:23:30 +0530 Vijayabhaskar A K
> <vijayak@india.hp.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Martin,
> >
> > RFC for autoconf says that, in the absence of router,
>
> That's right.
>
> > the host must use DHCP. In this case, the static
> > route option will be very much helpful, for configuring
> > the routes.
>
> In the case of no on-link router, no routes are required!

In the absence of an on-link IPv6 router, hosts might use configured tunnels
to reach other IPv6 networks. Such routes can be sent in static-route
option.

>
> >
> > Regards
> > Vijay
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Martin Stiemerling [mailto:Martin.Stiemerling@ccrle.nec.de]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:05 PM
> >> To: vijayak@india.hp.com; dhcwg@ietf.org
> >> Subject: Re: [dhcwg] static route option for dhcpv6
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Vijay,
> >>
> >> why do you think a static route option is needed at all?
> >> For the sake of autoconfiguration it is better to keep the routing
> >> information in the routers and to provide only a default
> >> router to the host
> >> (which is done through the router advertisements). In the
> >> case that the
> >> router is not the best choice for a specific route, the
> >> router will  send
> >> an ICMP redirect message to the corresponding host, to
> inform about a
> >> better router for this route.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Martin
> >>
> >>
> >> --On Dienstag, Januar 15, 2002 20:05:56 +0530 Vijayabhaskar A K
> >> <vijayak@india.hp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have gone through the dhcpv6 22 spec.
> >> > I felt that, static route option (option 33 in RFC 2132)
> is missing.
> >> > which is useful for routing. Can we include this option
> >> > also in the spec?
> >> > thanks and regards
> >> > Vijay
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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