Subject: Re: Discussion Item - Reconfiguration in DHCPv6 (Items 8, 9, 18 o n Co nference Call Agenda)

From: Thomas Narten <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:17:36 -0400

Responding to some very old mail...

Bernie Volz <[email-masked]> writes:

> BTW: If there are no router advertisements received (after some period), I
> assume a IPv6 host is supposed to attempt stateful address configuration (by
> default).

RFC 2462 sez:

5.5.2.  Absence of Router Advertisements

   If a link has no routers, a host MUST attempt to use stateful
   autoconfiguration to obtain addresses and other configuration
   information. An implementation MAY provide a way to disable the
   invocation of stateful autoconfiguration in this case, but the
   default SHOULD be enabled.  From the perspective of
   autoconfiguration, a link has no routers if no Router Advertisements
   are received after having sent a small number of Router Solicitations
   as described in [DISCOVERY].

Thomas