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Re: Node Requirements: Elevating DHCPv6 from MAY to SHOULD

james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com> Tue, 24 May 2011 16:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: Node Requirements: Elevating DHCPv6 from MAY to SHOULD
From: james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com>
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On May 23, 2011, at 4:48 PM, Thomas Narten wrote:
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> The one downside is that you run DHCP even if there are no DHCP servers. In some environments, that is extra traffic the operator might not want. I recall many long threads about how the cost of those extra DHCP packets on a wireless network were unacceptable.

Yes, and if we'd like to rehash those arguments again, then I stand ready to defend that proposition.


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james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com>
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