Re: [multipathtcp] Multipath TCP Address advertisement 5/5 - Communities

Fabien Duchêne <fabien.duchene@uclouvain.be> Mon, 14 November 2016 07:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: [multipathtcp] Multipath TCP Address advertisement 5/5 - Communities
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On 11/14/2016 04:05 PM, Alan Ford wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> But if you as a server know your IPv6 and IPv4 share a path, you may choose not to use one or the other. Same for the client. So under what circumstances does signalling this to the far end actually help?
mm thinking about it:
let's say that you have a v4 and a v6 that share a path, so you don't 
announce the v6. What happen if the v4 fails if you didn't announce your v6?
>
> Regards,
> Alan
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