[6bone] Re: DAD scope ??

Ole Troan ot@cisco.com
Tue, 07 Jan 2003 09:48:39 +0000


>> > Each ipv6-over-foo doc discusses modifications to ND,
>> > if necessary, for the particular link technology.  For
>> > example, Section 5 of RFC 2023 (IPv6 over PPP) mentions
>> > that DAD is redundant and needn't be run.
>> 
>> my interpretation of IPv6 over PPP is different. DAD is redundant only
>> for the link-local address, but needs to be run for all other
>> addresses on the link.
>> 
>> /ot
>
> Um, PPP stands for Point-to-point-Protocol.  So, tell me... Which other
> addresses ARE there going to be on the link?

not sure I understand the question. a point to point link has two
nodes connected. each node can have, at least in principle, as many
addresses configured as it wants, including RFC3041 and manually
configured.

/ot