Bug #145

Router solicitation and announce messages should be triggered on a dhcp request

Added by Dave Täht about 2 years ago. Updated over 1 year ago.

Status:New Start date:05/13/2011
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:Dave Täht % Done:

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Category:- Spent time: 1.00 hour
Target version:ISCWRT - World IPv6 Day

Description

IPv6 Router Solicitation and announce messages are supplied via a fixed timeout in the kernel.

Clients that have a wireless interface are "up" but may not have "attached" to the wireless network.

The kernel will send 3 (by default) messages to an interface that is "up" before giving up, long before it usually attaches to a wireless network.

Hopefully this can be triggered on the server and client sides by a script poking a /proc parameter.

History

#1
Updated by Dave Täht about 2 years ago

  • Assignee set to Dave Täht
  • Target version set to World IPv6 Day

#2
Updated by Dave Täht almost 2 years ago

  • Project changed from Project BISMark to ISCWRT

#3
Updated by Dave Täht almost 2 years ago

some of this problem is merely due to these mice-like messages getting stomped on by other traffic.

however, I think triggering a ra announce on a dhcp request is still a good idea.

#4
Updated by Jim Gettys over 1 year ago

  • Project changed from ISCWRT to Cerowrt

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