[148022] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Misconceptions, was: IPv6 RA vs DHCPv6 - The chosen one?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Kell)
Thu Dec 29 21:01:01 2011
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:00:01 -0500
From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu>
To: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
In-Reply-To: <20111230011243.2BC201ABB7F7@drugs.dv.isc.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On 12/29/2011 8:12 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
> Well I'd like to be able to plug in the cable router and the DSL
> router at home and have it all just work.
Well, that's not too far removed from the plugged-in laptop with the
wireless still active. Toss-up which one wins default route.
What would you "like" it to do? BGP feeds from both (likely not
happening)? Defaults from both? Or you just want active/passive failover?
The real-world case for host routing (IMHO) is a server with a public
interface, an administrative interface, and possibly a third path for
data backups (maybe four if it's VMware/VMotion too). Unless the
non-public interfaces are flat subnets, you need some statics (today).
It can be a challenge to get SysAdmins in a co-operative mindset to
route that correctly (and repetitively if you have a server farm).
I would be walking the fence on the virtues of automatic route discovery
in that case versus the security of static routes/configurations.
But home use from a host perspective?
Jeff
