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Re: quietly....
From: Jimmy Hess <mysidia () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:47:54 -0600
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Brandon Butterworth <brandon () rd bbc co uk> wrote:
Just need to add default route in there and make dhcpd do RA then the user can turn off RA on their routers and not care that DHCPv6 doesn't include default router.
Having a DHCP server generate RA messages kind of defeats the point of having RA messages in the first place, resulting in loss of robustness, and now a new mode of failure. The point of having RA messages is they are simple, and integrated into the routers, so there is not a separate server to fail (a "DHCP server") to cause loss of connectivity, due to server appliances (computers) being less reliable than routers. With the RA integrated into the routers properly, clients can maintain connectivity (and establish connectivity, provided DNS details obtained in the past), even if DHCP server(s) should fail. -- -JH
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- Re: quietly.... Carlos M. Martinez (Feb 01)
- Re: quietly.... Owen DeLong (Feb 01)
- Re: quietly.... Mark Andrews (Feb 01)
- Re: quietly.... Jack Bates (Feb 01)
- Re: quietly.... Jared Mauch (Feb 01)
- Re: quietly.... Jack Bates (Feb 01)
- Re: quietly.... Jared Mauch (Feb 01)
- Re: quietly.... Brandon Butterworth (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Tim Franklin (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Tony Finch (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Brandon Butterworth (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Jimmy Hess (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Derek J. Balling (Feb 03)
- RE: quietly.... Jamie Bowden (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Jimmy Hess (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Brandon Butterworth (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Brandon Butterworth (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Jay Ashworth (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Jay Ashworth (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Pekka Savola (Feb 04)
- Re: quietly.... Jay Ashworth (Feb 13)