Re: [dhcwg] dhcpv6-24: Elapsed Time option

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> writes:

> > I understand this to be a holdover from DHC. But if the goal is to
> > provide backup servers info on when they should respond, the
> > retransmission count might be more useful than the elapsed time.

> It's true that a count would serve the functional purpose, but the 
> retransmission time is easy to generate, serves the same purpose, and 
> provides additional information.   So why use the less functional 
> retransmission count?

Would there be any value in including both?

The problem with just including the time is that servers need to guess
whether a client has been waiting "too long". Or, is it the case that
when the client  sends out its initial Solicit, the value MUST be
zero? If so, it might be good to specify this. If this were the case,
I agree that including the time is probably sufficient.

Thomas

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