On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Leo Bicknell wrote:
In a message written on Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:37:11AM -0400, Ray Soucy wrote:
You really didn't just write an entire post saying that RA is bad because if a moron of a network engineer plugs an incorrectly configured device into a production network it may cause problems, did you?
No, I posed the easiest way to recreate this issue.
I've seen the entire NANOG and IETF lans taken out because some dork enabled microsoft connecting sharing to their cell card.
I've seen entire corporate networks taken out because someone ran the patch cable to the wrong port.
The point is, RA's are operationally fragile and DHCP is operationally robust. You can choose to stick your head in the sand about that if you want, but it's still true.
I don't see, why do you claim that DHCP is more robust, than SLAAC. I have seen half day outage due to broken/misbehaving DHCP server.... I agree with Wiliam Herrin: have both SLAAC and DHCPv6 as an option. Give me both ways....And probably I will use both... Janos Mohacsi Head of HBONE+ project Network Engineer, Deputy Director of Network Planning and Projects NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY Key 70EF9882: DEC2 C685 1ED4 C95A 145F 4300 6F64 7B00 70EF 9882