RE: draft-wbeebee-ipv6-cpe-router-04 comments

["Hemant Singh (shemant)" <shemant@cisco.com>]

>It's hard to figure out where in the draft the deployment type is
actually 
>specified.  Regardless, the above may not be a good assumption.  Our
DSL 
>deployment here for example currently uses SLAAC and RAs.  PD is
currently 
>done manually.  Eventually we want to use DHCPv6 for PD to the CPE
router. 
>We don't use PPP at all for either IPv4 or IPv6 on DSL.

The intent of our document is not to specify deployment type - we define
a set of Conceptual Configuration Variables that a vendor may use to
implement the CPE Router.  For old networks that have not moved to
DHCPv6 PD, I am not surprised manual configuration has been used.  Even
with DHCPv6 PD, we will have to work out details to see how much
automatic configuration is possible.  Notice for IPv4 standalone home
routers, most routers still need a manual configuration to choose if the
home has a DSL or cable broadband access.  Also, in your DSL deployment,
do you have an embedded router in a DSL modem or is the router a
standalone router?  An embedded router has lot more automatic
configuration because the L2 of the device can communicate internally to
the embedded CPE Router.

Hemant