Re: [Autoconf] Discussion on link types and status of documents

[Emmanuel Baccelli <Emmanuel.Baccelli at inria.fr>]

Hello Charlie,

Charles E. Perkins a écrit :
> 
> I'd be very, very surprised and unhappy if someone were able to
> legislate that manets were REQUIRED to run DHCP or ND.
> 
> My own opinion is that there are many instances in which it is not
> at all appropriate to run DHCP (as currently specified), and that
> these instances are more common percentagewise, perhaps even
> predominant, in mobile ad-hoc networks.  Which in no way implies
> that one should not consider DHCP when appropriate!
> 
> Maybe instead of arguing over link types, it would be better to
> have a task force making a report about when DHCP is appropriate,
> and let the working group get on with other useful work.
> 
> Regards,
> Charlie P.
> 


I guess the problem statement draft is supposed to identify if/when DHCP 
is appropriate or not. Section 5.1 of the document describes DHCP 
limitations in MANETs, so by contraposition, it also talks about cases 
when DHCP is appropriate in MANETs ;)

Maybe modifications to Section 5 would be a a good starting point to 
address the subject?

Emmanuel
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