RE: comments on draft-larsson-v6ops-mip-scenarios-00.txt

["Soliman, Hesham" <H.Soliman@flarion.com>]

 > > > Hesham was stating that this stuff already exists, MIPv4 
 > is doing it
 > > > already.
 > > >
 > > > BUT REMEMBER, YOU'RE PLUGGING THAT FUNCTIONALITY TO MIPV6 NOW!
 > > >
 > > > Clear enough? :)  Sorry for yelling.
 > >
 > > => And? Actually, HMIPv6 has this feature already. So it's not
 > > entirely new to MIPv6.
 > 
 > This doesn't help because it seems to be kind of using stateless 
 > address autoconfiguration mechanisms, so it's entirely dependant on 
 > v6.  You cannot deploy similar technology for v4.

=> It's already there in v4...It's deployed in commercial
networks...

Hesham

 > 
 > With v4, at least (and possibly with v6, depending on the solution), 
 > the home agent will have to keep some DHCP-like "address pool". 
 > Putting that code in the MIPv6 HA function is a non-trivial exercise.
 > 
 > -- 
 > Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
 > Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
 > Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
 > 

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