Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:20:12 +0900
From: Hiroshi MIYATA <miyata@tahi.org>
Subject: [dhcptest:00223] Re: RT for the first confirm message
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Hi Garfield,

RT is Retransmission Timeout.
It means the duration 1st message and 2nd message.

18.2.1 stated the delay before sending "The first confirm message".

They are distinct items, I think.

Thanks,

....miyata

On 2007/09/27, at 19:03, Garfield Hsieh -謝孟桓 wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a question about the test item 40 for
> RFC 3315 in the DHCPv6 setlf test for
> client (v1.0.7).
>
> The verification point of this item is that
> the frist RT is "IRT + RAND*IRT".
>
> But in section 18.1.2 in RFC 3315, it states
> that "The first Confirm message from the client
> on the interface MUST be delayed by a random
> amount of time between 0 and CNF_MAX_DELAY".
>
> Then, which one is correct?
> RT or rand(0, CNF_MAX_DELAY)?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best Regards,
> Meng-Huan Hsieh