RE: SLAAC(autoconfig) vs DHCPv6

[Sean Siler <Sean.Siler () microsoft com>]

Nope. XP does not support DHCPv6 - only Vista/Windows Server 2008 (and later) can do that.

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: TJ [mailto:trejrco () gmail com]
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 2:42 PM
To: nanog () merit edu
Subject: RE: SLAAC(autoconfig) vs DHCPv6

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Wyble [mailto:charles () thewybles com]
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 5:28 PM
> To: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: SLAAC(autoconfig) vs DHCPv6
>
> Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> > On 18 aug 2008, at 22:23, Dale W. Carder wrote:
> >
> > > DHCPv6
> > > - doesn't ship w/ some OS's
> >
> > Forget about it on XP,
>
> Hmmm. MS says otherwise:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx

Did you see somewhere on that site, that WinXP does DHCPv6?
I don't.  And it would be wrong, to boot.
(Not just IPv6 support - that is one simple command ...)


> > but it's in Vista. You can add it to BSD/Linux without too much
> > trouble (are there good, bugfree implementations for those yet?)
>
> Bugfree? Nothing is bugfree :)
> > but Mac is a problem for prospective DHCPv6 users because the network
> > configuration mechanisms are fairly proprietary and DHCPv6 isn't
> > likely to be supported any time soon.
>
> Hmmmm. I have yet to play with the Mac Ipv6 support (typing this on a Mac
> now I should try in my lab later). What auto configuration mechanisms are
> you referring to? Bonjour? Isn't there an RFC or two for Zeroconf?

No, I believe he is referring to the actual network configuration.
Not the (almost) automatic/automated service/device discovery ...


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/TJ