Re: Wireless ND was: about violation of standards

[Ole Troan <[e-mail]>]

>> I started an informational draft for 6MAN on WiND (wireless ND) to
>> explain what physical models it serves and how it can be used over
>> several MAC layer abstractions.
> 
> I read draft-thubert-6man-ipv6-over-wireless-00. I quite like the
> description of the issues with wireless media.
> 
> There is however one thing I miss: The abstract says "This document describes
> how the original IPv6 Neighbor Discovery and Wireless ND (WiND) can be applied
> on various abstractions of wireless media."
> 
> I'm also interested in *why* WiND should be applied. In particular, Figure 2
> shows a complex multi-layered setup.
> 
> So my question is, why not use routing and keep subnets restricted to one
> link?
> 
> I hope there is a clear set of arguments why routing is not sufficient. 
> Right now it reads too much like a primitive routing protocol on top of ND.
> 
> Another issue that often shows up with registration based systems (such as
> quite common with IPv4 and wireless) is what happens if a host has more
> addresses than supported by the registration system?
> 
> I.e., it might scale better to have lots of point-to-point links and prefix
> delegation than to have a single big subnet and a hierarchical registration
> system.

That was my thinking too. If you have a set of p2p links, you don't need very little of ND.

Cheers,
Ole