Re: [MEXT] Last Call: draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd (DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for NEMO) to Proposed Standard

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On 9/09/10 3:54 PM, "Wassim Haddad" <wassim.haddad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sep 8, 2010, at 7:58 AM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
> 
>> I agree mainly with the document draft-ietf-mext-nemo-pd.
>> 
>> It is good and needed to dynamically assign a Mobile Network Prefix to
>> the NEMO-enabled Mobile Router.
>> 
>> However, here are a couple of missing points.
>> 
>> One missing point is about how will the Mobile Router configure its
>> default route on the home link?  I thought Prefix Delegation would bring
>> DHCP in the picture and would allow MR to synthesize a default route
>> even though RAs are absent.  But I now realize that a DHCPv6-PD
>> implementation (and std?) does not allow a router (MR) to synthesize its
>> default route (neither RA does, nor DHCPv6-nonPD does).

=> I think the MR can easily act as a host on its egress interface and
configure its default/next hop router that way. Of course the other
alternative is to use routing protocols, but I think using ND should be
sufficient. 

Hesham




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