RE: [dhcwg] static route option for dhcpv6

Hi Martin,

RFC for autoconf says that, in the absence of router,
the host must use DHCP. In this case, the static
route option will be very much helpful, for configuring 
the routes. 

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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