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Re: [dhcwg] MTU option for DHCPv6?

"Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> Thu, 28 July 2016 15:39 UTC

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From: "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
To: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Thread-Topic: [dhcwg] MTU option for DHCPv6?
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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] MTU option for DHCPv6?
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Hi Lorenzo,


Ø  What's wrong with adding the MTU option to that RA? That is supported by pretty much all routers and clients today.

Being lazy as I am, I just don’t want to have to send multiple messages to get
all of the configuration information the client needs. If the DHCPv6 Reply
contains all configuration information, then there is no need to also perform
an RS/RA just to get the MTU value.

Granted, RS/RA could be used later the same as for any link, but it would be
more for keepalive-type purposes and not for configuration information.

Thanks – Fred


From: Lorenzo Colitti [mailto:lorenzo@google.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 8:31 AM
To: Templin, Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
Cc: Ian Farrer <ianfarrer@gmx.com>; <dhcwg@ietf.org> <dhcwg@ietf.org>; Bernie Volz (volz) <volz@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [dhcwg] MTU option for DHCPv6?

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 12:05 AM, Templin, Fred L <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com<mailto:Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>> wrote:

If the Client sends an RS to the router, it will get back an RA the same as for any link. It’s just that the RA won’t be providing any configuration information.

What's wrong with adding the MTU option to that RA? That is supported by pretty much all routers and clients today.

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