[180810] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul B. Henson)
Wed Jun 10 17:30:45 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: "Paul B. Henson" <henson@acm.org>
To: "'Lorenzo Colitti'" <lorenzo@colitti.com>
In-reply-to: <CAKGbBmkE_AbZcmWhtWS68a=t9QmuccLdarhaN=m+9QEmJxOcJg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:23:47 -0700
Cc: 'NANOG List' <nanog@nanog.org>
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> From: Lorenzo Colitti
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 11:33 PM
>
> value of N. I'd be happy to work with people on an Internet draft or =
other
[...]
> It's also possible for Android to support DHCPv6 PD. Again I'd be =
happy to
> work with people on a document that says that mobile devices should do
It would be nice if you were happy to work with people on actually =
implementing what they are asking for and what their users need as =
opposed to just methods to try and twist the world to your personal =
viewpoint.
Or maybe even just merging work somebody already did well over a year =
ago?
https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/78857/
> Asking for more addresses when the user tries to enable features such =
as
> tethering, waiting for the network to reply, and disabling the =
features if
> the network does not provide the necessary addresses does not seem =
like it
> would provide a good user experience.
Absolutely; having a device incapable of connecting at all is a *much* =
better user experience. Have you ever met a user 8-/?
