Technical Summary
When an interface on a host is initialized, the host transmits
Router Solicitations in order to minimize the amount of time it
needs to wait until the next unsolicited multicast Router
Advertisement is received. In certain scenarios, router
solicitations transmitted by the host might be lost. This document
specifies a mechanism for hosts to cope with the loss of the
initial Router Solicitations.
Working Group Summary
The initial revision of this work was published in July 2012. There
is a strong consensus that this solves a real problem.
Document Quality
The 6man working group appoints reviewers for all documents being
advanced to the IESG. This document has been reviewed in detail by
6man reviewers, and it has had extensive discussion on the mailing
list.
Personnel
Document Shepherd: Ole Troan
Responsible Area Director: Brian Haberman