WG ACTION: ACCEPT [LL35] Improve Abstract]
Erik Guttman <[email protected]> Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:50:34 +0100
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LL35 has been accepted. The abstract will be changed from === http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-10.txt === To participate in wide-area IP networking, a host needs to be configured, either manually by the user or automatically from a source on the network such as a DHCP server. Unfortunately, such external configuration information may not always be available. It is therefore beneficial for a host to be able to depend on a useful subset of IP networking functions even when no configuration is available. This document describes how a host may automatically configure an interface with an IPv4 address within the 169.254/16 prefix that is valid for communication with other devices connected to the same physical (or logical) link. === to === To participate in wide-area IP networking, a host needs to be configured with IP addresses for its interfaces, either manually by the user or automatically from a source on the network such as a DHCP server. Unfortunately, such address configuration information may not always be available. It is therefore beneficial for a host to be able to depend on a useful subset of IP networking functions even when no address configuration is available. This document describes how a host may automatically configure an interface with an IPv4 address within the 169.254/16 prefix that is valid for communication with other devices connected to the same physical (or logical) link. === Please see: http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/zeroconf/msg00002.html And: http://www.drizzle.org/~aboba/ZEROCONF/ll35.html Erik