(usagi-users 00540) Re: [mipl] Re: Autoconfiguration problem with radvd

[Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>          RFC2462, very first portion specifically mentions "host
>>          autoconfiguration".  in IPv6 terminology "host" = "not router".
>True, RFC2462 talks about 'host' autoconfiguration only but doesn't talk
>about routers as clearly specified in the last but one paragraph
>of section 1 of RFC2462. My understanding is that it doesn't mean
>'autoconfiguration' is limited to 'hosts only'.

	then do you agree that the use of RFC2462 (stateless address
	autoconfigration via RS/RA) for router is outside of the scope?

>However, in RFC 2461 (NDP), section 3 (protocol overview), there is
>a definition for 'address autoconfiguration' problem - "how nodes
>automatically
> configure an address for an interface". Here 'nodes', according to
>IPv6 terminology, refer to either routers or a hosts.  So, I believe,
>the autoconfiguration could be applied to either of them.

	see the end of page 11.  again "autoconfiguration" is mentioned
	as a feature for hosts, not "nodes".  also note that "autoconfiguration"
	can mean multiple thing:
	- autoconfiguration of link-local address from link-layer (MAC)
	  addresses
	- stateless address autoconfiguration via RS/RA, based on RFC2462
	- whatever.

itojun