From owner-freebsd-net Wed Aug 8 22: 4:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from imo-d05.mx.aol.com (imo-d05.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33BDE37B401 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:04:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from raviprasad20@netscape.net) Received: from raviprasad20@netscape.net by imo-d05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31.9.) id n.2c.1c4bdc2 (16216) for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 01:04:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from netscape.com (mow-d01.webmail.aol.com [205.188.138.65]) by air-in01.mail.aol.com (v79.27) with ESMTP id MAILININ14-0809010454; Thu, 09 Aug 2001 01:04:54 -0400 Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 01:04:54 -0400 From: raviprasad20@netscape.net To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: prefixes advertised by routers. Message-ID: <20B5BA4D.2584EAB3.9513E96F@netscape.net> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, Assume that two prefix are advertised by router to hosts in the network. After some time the administrator deletes one of the prefixes and the future router advertisement will carry only one prefix. What will hosts do with the deleted prefix? Whether the addresses will be deleted after some time? What is this time? From the specs i found that the addresses are deleted only if the router advertises prefix with valid life time of zero. Whether the rtadvd daemon has to send any such message with deleted prefix life time set to zero? I feel that the addresses should be deleted immediately if a router stops advertising the prefix. regards ravi prasad. __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message