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Re: [v6ops] New Version Notification for draft-yourtchenko-ra-dhcpv6-comparison-00.txt (fwd)

"Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> Fri, 20 December 2013 16:29 UTC

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From: "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] New Version Notification for draft-yourtchenko-ra-dhcpv6-comparison-00.txt (fwd)
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> Where's the unnecessary complexity? The host knows it needs to grab an RA
> when it wakes up to find out about what to do next. When it gets the M-bit, it
> knows it needs to do DHCP and it does that. The router tells the host about things
> that the router knows best and the DHCP server tells the host about the things
> the DHCP server knows best. This seems much simpler than having to tell the
> DHCP server every time you change the address of a router or replace a router
> or...

I agree with that, plus the DHCP server may be far away from the link
in some backhaul network where it has more global knowledge while the
router is on the link where it may have only localized knowledge. Let
DHCP servers do what DHCP servers do, and let routers do what routers do.

Fred
fred.l.templin@boeing.com

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