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Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6


From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:00:11 -0400

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:44:22 -0400, Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch () muada com> wrote:
BTW, does this broken software run over IPv6, anyway?

Poorly designed network plus poorly designed software... I don't know which chicken came first, and it doesn't matter.

IPv6 is totally different barnyard. Build the v6 network properly -- one gateway (one router, vrrp, whatever) -- and retool the software properly. IPv6 doesn't have a broadcast address; as such if the software is setup to use an appropriate multicast target (presumably in "user defined" space), then it'll talk to exactly the right machines, and it's routable.

--Ricky


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