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Re: Mutli6 meeting in Vienna

On onsdag, maj 14, 2003, at 10:41 Europe/Stockholm, Thierry Ernst wrote:


Hi Kurt,

Thanks for the answer. More below.


I think the charter is pretty clear "A multihomed site is a site that
has more than one connection to the
public internet with those connections through either the same or
different ISPs."

The draft says "A "multihomed" site is one with more than one transit
provider. "Site-multihoming" is the practice of arranging a site to be
multihomed.".

I don't see a conflict between these two

OK, my concern was about the Charter saying "either the same or
different ISPs" while the draft says "more than one ISP".

This sounds conflicting to me and I don't know how many prefixes my
site-multihomed network is supposed to have.
Ok, I see your point. Personally I would think the charter is more correct for the normal use of the term "multihoming" but for the problem we are looking at, I would say that the draft is more accurate.

I need this question because I would like to know if, say, a mobile
network deployed in a vehicle can be considered a "site".


and I would say that the answer to your question is yes?
Well, that first depends on the first question (same ISPs or not) and
then I would like to know where my prefix(es) come from.

Is there any restriction on the length of the prefix for a network to be
considered site-multihomed ?
The answer to both of your questions depend on what suggested solution your are looking at.

- kurtis -