[6bone] v6 and ADSL

[Nir Arad]

Thanks for the clarification!


-- Nir Arad

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Strauf (JOIN)" <ipng@uni-muenster.de>
To: "Nir Arad" <nir.arad@il.marvell.com>
Cc: <6bone@ISI.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [6bone] v6 and ADSL


> Hi Nir,
>
> Am Mit, 2003-07-23 um 11.06 schrieb Nir Arad:
> > If I understand ISATAP correctly, you need a globally unique /64 prefix.
> > I assume Dan does not have one, and would want to rely on his (globally unique, dynamically assigned) IPv4 address.
> > This IPv4 address can be used to form a 6to4 address, and connect to a 6to4 relay.
> You need this /64 prefix for the server (not for the client) which then
> assigns IP-addresses to ISATAP clients within this prefix. So in a way,
> if Dan has access to an ISATAP-server, this would solve his problem.
> It's probably not as easy a solution as 6to4 but I wanted to point out
> this option. But it's incorrect that Dan himself needs his own /64
> prefix. A provider or other entity that runs the ISATAP-server needs a
> prefix.
>
> > Now, assuming again, that Dan does not have a home network with private addresses behind his ADSL modem (but only
one
> > host), and since he needs 6to4 anyway, what would be the reasoning in using ISATAP in such configuration?
> See above: the primary function of ISATAP is to connect one client, not
> a whole net. Basically: ISATAP integrates single clients into a site
> that has a certain prefix and advertises this prefix to connected
> clients.
>
> Cheers,
> Christian
>
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