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Re: turning on comcast v6


From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner () cluebyfour org>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:12:06 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 24 Dec 2013, Lee Howard wrote:

I used to run an enterprise network. It was very different from an ISP
network. I didn't say, "You're wrong!" I said, "What's missing?"

default route information via DHCPv6.  That's what I'm still waiting for.

Why?
You say, "The protocol suite doesn't meet my needs; I need default gateway
in DHCPv6."  So the IETF WG must change for you to deploy IPv6.  Why?

DHCPv6 + RA works for that, but still, that really should have been part of the protocol from day one. I see no good reason for it not to be in there.

I suspect that will eventually be fixed, but it will be a long time before the majority of DHCPv6 client and server implementations are upgraded to support it.

jms


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