Re: [IPv6] Architectural comments on draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-over-wireless-

[Michael Sweet <[e-mail]>]

Pascal,

> On Jul 27, 2023, at 5:24 PM, Pascal Thubert (pthubert) <pthubert=[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Hello Ted  
> 
> My message did not land as intended.
> The intent is this:
> 
> I have a large building or campus. I want to enter anywhere and obtain an address that I can use throughout the campus without renumbering when I go to the next building/ level/room.
> 
> Otoh I want that bonjour always finds the nearest printer and that printer is in the same room as me or in a closeby room. Certainly not anywhere in the campus.

OK, so "nearest printer" is a problem we solved for IPP over 10 years ago - almost all printers sold since 2010 support AirPrint, which means mDNS/DNS-SD + IPP, with DNS LOC records (RFC 1876) advertising their location as configured by the admin.  This information is (naturally) also available via IPP queries.  Clients can (though few do) show the closest printer to them with this information.  All of this happens far above the subnet you are on, however...

Also, in many environments you don't actually talk directly to a printer at all.  So-called "Release Printing" solutions are popular in enterprise networks and give you a single point of entry for printing - submit your job to a central queue/service, go to any printer, and then release it for printing at that printer's console (by swiping your ID badge, or by entering a PIN, or whatever). This print service is available via a routable address, so again you don't care about the subnet.

I don't think printing can be the poster child for this draft...

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Michael Sweet