Re: [mif] I-D draft-ietf-mif-dhcpv6-route-option-03 published

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 2011-09-13 02:14, Simon Perreault wrote:
> On 2011-09-12 10:02, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
>>> I don't see the use case. Can't the DHCP client on the very small
>>> platform just install the default route first, then whatever other
>>> routes it can support, and ignore the rest?
>> Do you think there exist a DHCP way to say: "install the default route
>> first and, if you have enough memory, install these specific routes"?
> 
> Maybe it can be written in the draft. For example:
> 
> Hosts MUST install routes in the order they are listed. If any routes
> cannot be installed due to resource constraints, routes MAY be dropped
> starting from the end.
> 
> With this, the operator can put the default route first and obtain the
> behaviour you're describing.

That won't work if the host also gets a default route from RA. There's
nothing to stop DHCPv6 and RA being used simultaneously, for different
prefixes, and providing different default routers.

   Brian