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Re: [dhcwg] [homenet] What to do when we lose DHCPv4 election?

Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr> Mon, 17 August 2015 15:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] [homenet] What to do when we lose DHCPv4 election?
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> 1) if the v4 prefix on the link is renumbered because a different router
>    won the election, then the existing router may still have connectivity,
>    and may still be willing to route packets.

The old prefix is no longer announced over the routing protocol, so the
old addresses are unreachable now.  (Or are you suggesting that we announce
host routes for unexpired IPv4 leases?  I'm not sure I like redistributing
DHCPv4 into Babel.)

-- Juliusz

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