Re: WG ACTION: 1 week to discuss [LL37] Aggressive Time-outs

> From: "Bill Rees" <[email protected]>
> 
> As I understand this thread, the latency comes from waiting for a 
> spanning tree routine to run which to me implies a wan, no?

It seems that spanning tree can take quite a bit longer so the difference between 2 and 8 seconds is little help.

>  So a bit 
> off kilter here, what is the likelihood that the llv4 situation occurs 
> in such a congested, logically disparate locations?  Is it likely that 
> linklocal will show up in such an environment?  Given all the discussion 
> surrounding moving off of the llv4 address as quickly as possible, even 
> in a congested environment what is the likelihood that the number of 
> llv4 devices will exist on the network at the same time isd 2 or more?

The answer to this was discussed a long time ago. If the network has a DHCP server, which refuses to hand you an address or if it is primarily a statically configured network, you can still go ahead and configure a LL address and use it to whatever extent it works (e.g. to talk to a printer or another ad-hoc user). This could easily apply on a large multiply bridged network.

Philip