APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL VERSION 6 EXTENSIONS FOR CONFIGURING HOSTS WITH MULTIPLE INTERFACES

摘要

device is at least one of the plurality of interfaces for routing information includes a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (dynamic host configuration protocol, DHCP) a plurality of communication interfaces configured to receive a response message; And a processor configured to select one of the plurality of interfaces for transmission and based on the routing information. How the device is configured to execute one or more processors to include, and the method comprising a first multi-home routing policy entry (multi-homed routing policy entry, MHRPE) option including the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (dynamic host configuration protocol, DHCP ) receiving a request message; Selecting a default route information based on the claim 1 MHRPE options; And a DHCP response message including the first 2 MHRPE options, including the default route information includes the step of transmitting. Method, comprising: receiving a DHCP request message including the first 1 MHRPE options; Selecting a default route information based on the claim 1 MHRPE options; And the default route to the DHCP response message including the options of claim 2 MHRPE including information includes the step of transmitting ;