Re: New Version Notification for draft-koodli-ipv6-in-mobile-networks-02

[Rajeev Koodli <rkoodli@cisco.com>]

On 4/19/10 11:50 PM, "teemu.savolainen@nokia.com"
<teemu.savolainen@nokia.com> wrote:

>>> Right, some hosts may, but not all. Especially those that don't do
>> DHCP for 3GPP.
>> 
>> What about the laptops with built-in 3G/4G or using UE as a modem?
> 
> I don't know much about how that interface usually goes (PPP or
> DHCP+Ethernet), but sure laptops could be modified e.g. by driver updates(?).
> But then I don't know about laptop OS'es capability for doing DHCPv4 on-demand
> (I would expect the laptop OS'es would rather try to keep IPv4 address
> allocated all the time).
> 

We should make this distinction (laptops, UE-only). Laptop OS's do support
DHCP obviously. 

-Rajeev


>>> Yes, but this is *may* per 3GPP TS 23.401. Your draft should be more
>> explicit
>>> in telling that the percentage of host population that actually
>> implements the
>>> *may* part is unknown for time being.
>> 
>> I would rather say that DHCP is optional but a provider may require it
>> to be used.
> 
> Right, consumers often has this power over producers..
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Teemu