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Re: Misconceptions, was: IPv6 RA vs DHCPv6 - The chosen one?


From: Masataka Ohta <mohta () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:53:29 +0900

Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

So what percent of the *CPE* in the average cable-internet or DSL farm *actually
uses* an IGP,

As I wrote:

If a host receives RAs only from a router, the host can do
nothing other than installing the router as the default
router. If not, however, the host must directly be involved
in IGP activities, or, the following end to end argument
is applicable:

IGP snooping is not necessary if the host have only one next
hop router.

                                                Masataka Ohta


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