Re: RFC7084

Le 10/12/2013 15:29, Wuyts Carl a écrit :
> M=1 equals Managed flag = request ia_na or/and ia_pd.

How about a new 3rd flag?

> Please note a router is also acting as host.

YEs and no.

YEs in that it may act as a DHCP Client (which is typically a Host).

No in that, e.g., the link-scoped multicast groups are different among 
Routers and Nodes (Node being an additional quirk).

Alex

>
> Regs
> Carl
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Perreault [mailto:simon.perreault@viagenie.ca]
> Sent: dinsdag 10 december 2013 15:28
> To: Wuyts Carl; ipv6@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: RFC7084
>
> Le 2013-12-10 09:25, Wuyts Carl a écrit :
>> M=1 should not be equal to force request ia_na.
>
> What should M=1 mean then?
>
>> what's the purpose of having separate options (ia_na and ia_pd)  if you're going to request both of them anyway ?
>
> The answer to that seems simple to me: an end host would never request IA_PD. Only routers would.
>
> Simon
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