Re: [dhcwg] DHCPv6 router option

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> > Similarly, your requirement, which Iljitsch does not agree with, is that on
> > some networks, managing what gets sent in RAs is a lot more work than 
> > managing what gets sent by the DHCP server.   DHCP provides you with a 
> > central control point, whereas RAs are necessarily configured in the router.
> 
> I think the opposite is true is sense of ease of management:
> - You have to configure router anyway to have connectivity. Adding RA 
> parameters is rather easy.

Here is where we see the difference in scale. Setting up a router with
RA for one interface is easy. Doing the same for 10.000 interfaces does
not scale. Doing it on the DHCP server, and letting the router do the
rest "automagically", *based on information from the DHCP server", gives
us the necessary scaling on the router.

> - Setting up DHCP server and maintaining is requires extra work, however 
> you might have tighter control which is very important in various 
> environment.

The DHCP infrastructure is already in place and ties in with other
operational support systems. 

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no