22. ipAddressStatus should be a TC if it needs to exist at all. I am not sure how useful all these states are and if two implementations will even come close in terms of using them the same way. a) If I assign an interface to a port, it goes preferred, then I delete the assignment, the state goes either to deprecated and at some time, the row is aged out or the row simply will fail to exist. b) The inaccessible(4) value is unnecessary. It is simple to scan the ifTable corresponding to ipAddressIfIndex and determine state. c) I doubt invalid(3) would ever be used. d) duplicate() - this is interesting idea, but not sure how useful it is and at what time the status of this object would transfer out of duplicate state once entered. e) is tentative only applicable to IPv6? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave: No. Most stacks do gratuitous ARP for duplicate Address detection when adding a new IPv4 address. Hence, the same tentative state exists.