Re: [Monami6] Host with multiple addresses of the same prefix

Hi Gabor

On 2006/05/05, at 5:05, Gábor Fekete wrote:

> Helo Marcelo and list,
>
> On Thursday 04 May 2006 21:54, MARCELO BAGNULO BRAUN wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> this is common in the fixed case for instance for a server than wants
>> to achieve fault tolerance and has multiple interfaces all  
>> connected to
>> the local LAN.
>>
> What you describe is covered by the multiple-interface scenario and  
> it is
> mentioned in the motivation-scenario-00 draft in Section 2.
>
> Sorry, I was not exact enough. So, again.
>
> 1. Is a host with multiple addresses on the same interface with the  
> same
>    prefix considered as multihomed?
> 2. Does it make sense?
> 3. draft-ietf-monami6-multihoming-motivation-scenario-00.txt draft  
> should
>    mention it at least with one sentence in Section 2.
> 4. How does draft-wakikawa-mobileip-multiplecoa-05.txt handle this  
> case
>    when the MN wants to register multiple bindings with its HoA?

 From this draft, no extension is necessary to support this. I.e. the  
draft can support your case.
Even if the prefix is same, the address is different. The MN can  
register the addresses as distinct bindings.
This is similar to the second scenario of Section 5.1 of the draft.

regards,
ryuji

> Regards,
> Gabor
>
>> Gábor Fekete <feketgai@index.hu> dijo:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is a host considered multihomed if it has two different IP addresses
>>> but both of those addresses have the same prefix?
>>> That is, two IP addresses from the same IP subnet.
>>>
>>> If not, why not? Maybe
>>> draft-ietf-monami6-multihoming-motivation-scenario-00.txt Section 2
>>> should at least say that this scenario just makes no sense or won't
>>> really happen.
>>>
>>> Also, draft-wakikawa-mobileip-multiplecoa-05.txt in Section 3.1  
>>> says that
>>> the MN MUST register all its CoAs with the HA if it wants to  
>>> register
>>> multiple
>>> bindings.
>>> So, I wonder if the above case (multi coa, same prefix) can
>>> ever happen and if yes then how
>>> draft-wakikawa-mobileip-multiplecoa-05.txt handles it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Gabor
>>>
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