Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Jun 14, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Ricky Beam wrote:

> 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

Sounds great, but, sometimes proprietary vertical software is a lot harder to move forward than
you might think.

Owen