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Re: IPv6 Confusion
From: Nathan Ward <nanog () daork net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:55:09 +1300
On 19/02/2009, at 9:42 AM, sthaug () nethelp no wrote:
2) Some end-node box with a IPv6 stack from "Joe's Software Emporium and Bait-n-Tackle" sees an RA packet, and concludes that since RA and DHCPv6 are mutually exclusive, to ignore any DHCPv6 packets it sees, and hilarity ensues.They are not mutually exclusive, DHCPv6 *requires* RA.In your previous Nanog message you said:DHCPv6 can operate without RA now.Please make up your mind.
You are right, sorry for any confusion, I will clarify my comments.DHCPv6 can operate without RA, but you cannot get default route information right now. I believe there is a draft to add this option though.
In most networks this is not practical, as many hosts with a DHCPv6 stack will send DHCPv6 requests only when RA messages tell them to us a DHCPv6 server.
The DHCPv6 protocol does not require RA, however practical implementation of DHCPv6 for address assignment does.
Better? :-) -- Nathan Ward
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