Re: IPv6 and DHCP

["Curtis, Bruce" <Bruce.Curtis () NDSU EDU>]

On May 10, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Martin Manjak wrote:

> If you're running IPv6, and you've tested, or deployed, DHCP tools, we
> are interested in what you may have discovered.
>
> Our staff were using the following as a starting place for looking into
> this issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address_management
>
> Granted, we could have a debate about whether it makes sense to manage
> an addressing protocol designed to be self-administering. But I think we
> have to first determine whether or not it's feasible.
>
> So any experience with the products on the wikipedia page, or anything
> else, would be greatly appreciated.

  In the anything else category would be that Macintoshes did not have an IPv6 DHCP client until Lion Mac OS X 7.  So 
if you have some older Macs on the network they will still need to use SLAAC.

  Even with DHCPv6 on a subnet some clients may still use IPv6 Privacy addresses for outgoing connections.

> Marty
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> Martin Manjak
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Bruce Curtis                         bruce.curtis () ndsu edu
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North Dakota State University