Re: How are you doing DHCPv6 ?

["Brzozowski, John" <John_Brzozowski () Cable Comcast com>]

The draft does help you, it is a BCP and does not specify a standard.  It
outlines some BCPs that are usable today.  I believe I tested and verified
that what I outlined works with the ISC DHCPv6 server.  It also works with
other DHCPv6 servers as well.

John
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On 1/17/12 6:19 PM, "Randy Carpenter" <rcarpen () network1 net> wrote:

> > You might want to give this a read:
> >
> >  http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-redundancy-consider-02.txt
>
> That doesn't really help us if we want to deploy before that draft
> becomes a standard.
>
> Are there any DHCPv6 servers currently that actually function in a
> fashion that is suitable for service providers?
>
> -Randy
>
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> >  From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen () network1 net>
> >  Sent: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 5:4 PM
> >  To: Nanog <nanog () nanog org>
> >  CC:
> >  Subject: How are you doing DHCPv6 ?
> >
> >
> > I am wondering how people out there are using DHCPv6 to handle
> > assigning prefixes to end users.
> >
> > We have a requirement for it to be a redundant server that is
> > centrally located. DHCPv6 will be relayed from each customer access
> > segment.
> >
> > We have been looking at using ISC dhcpd, as that is what we use for
> > v4. However, it currently does not support any redundancy. It also
> > does not do very much useful logging for DHCPv6 requests. Certainly
> > not enough to keep track of users and devices.
> >
> > So, my questions are:
> >
> >
> > How are you doing DHCPv6 with Prefix Delegation?
> >
> > What software are you using?
> >
> >
> > When DHCPv6 with Prefix Delegation seems to be about the only way to
> > deploy IPv6 to end users in a generic device-agnostic fashion, I am
> > wondering why it is so difficult to find a working solution.
> >
> > thanks,
> > -Randy
> >
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