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Re: Router Solicitations
>>> Thank you for your response. Just to make it perfectly clear to me:
>>> How long is a unicast address valid?
>>
>> Until its valid lifetime expires.
>>
>>> - Until the host gets disconnected from the link?
>>> - Until some timeout expires (e.g. Router Lifetime, DHCP Lifetime)?
>>> - Some other trigger (e.g. L2 trigger)?
>
> So link disconnection or other L2 triggers are not supposed to have any
> impact on the lifetime?
not on address lifetime, but it is prudent to confirm address validity
on L2 reconnect.
the node might connect to a different link.
/ot