On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 09:20:11PM +1100, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 11:40 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> > If, on the other hand, the REAL desire is to have a DHCP server break
> > the tie in the selection between several routers that advertise their
> > presence, that wouldn't be unreasonable.
>
> The RA contains a preference level... maybe that doesn't cut it if
> multiple routers are sending the same preference level, but presumably
> that would not happen in a well-tended network.
I point you to a fairly common Internet architecture artifact,
the exchange point... dozens of routers sharing a common
media for peering exchange.
>
> Regards, K.
>
--bill
