<facts deleted> > Second, publishing specifications, implementing them and waiting for > users to adopt them takes a very, very long time. For DHCPv6 support, > the time from first publication (2003) until wide availability (2011) > has been 8 years. Are we ready to live in a half-baked world for > another half a decade or more just so we can add this feature
enterprise: "but you want us to do v6 today, why didn't you put it in when there was time then. Let us know when it's ready, ktnxbye" > I would like to make the following suggestion: rather than having > DHCPv6 impose a default gateway with all the issues that that > creates, why not implement a router preference option. This way, > DHCPv6 can be used to select the "correct" default gateway from > the list of possible default gateways that announce their presence > through RAs sounds like the which half of the baby would you like option. I don't have a dog in this fight but understand the dhcp only option is so the dhcp guys manage * and don't have to talk to the router guys other than to tell them to fix the router when it breaks. brandon
