Re: IPv6 Deployment for the LAN

[Kevin Loch <kloch () kl net>]

TJ wrote:
> > In some cases different devices on a segment need a different
> > default router (for default).  This is the fundamental
>
> This capability is also defined, "more specific routes" - but no one
> encouraged any vendors that I know of to support it - so they don't.  Big
> demand?

by "Default" I meant 0.0.0.0/0, not more specifics.

> > problem with RA's, they shotgun the entire segment.
>
> As opposed to a standard deployment, where the DHCP server provides the same
> information to every host on that link ... ???

Not always.  The DHCP server can be aware of specific clients by
mac address and give different options (and even pseudo-static IPs).
DHCP server is not always running on a router so adding this 
functionality to routers won't help.

- Kevin