[Planetlab-devel] IPv6 support for MyPLC

[Bound, Jim]

Marc, ok.  EUI template is provided.  How that is determined is
implementation. THere is not even a requirement to use MAC address as
example.  

/jim 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc E. Fiuczynski [mailto:mef at CS.Princeton.EDU] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:17 PM
> To: Bound, Jim; devel at lists.planet-lab.org
> Subject: RE: [Planetlab-devel] IPv6 support for MyPLC
> 
> Hello Jim,
> 
> > How do we assign a different address to each sliver that is a PLL 
> > implementation issue as opposed to ipv6 spec issue.
> 
> I am not sure what the difference is between an 
> implementation issue and a spec issue in the context of 
> picking an appropriate EUI.  There is a specification on how 
> to map EUI/MAC-48 into EUI-64 addresses for IPv6. Is that an 
> implementation issue or IPv6 spec issue?
> 
> > Glad to help suggest ideas but I don't get or know the 
> options for the 
> > PLL vserver implementation to do this.
> 
> What is important is figuring out whether some autonomous 
> scheme of picking a (per link) unique EUI will work. The rest 
> is just implementation details.
> I've got enough to move forward from here.
> 
> Thanks,
> Marc
> 
>