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Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6
From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:19:08 -0700
We're in the beginning steps of bringing up IPv6 at the fairly large university where I work. We plan to use DHCPv6 rather than SLAAC for a variety of reasons. One of our guys recently noticed that Android has no support for DHCPv6, and a rather odd issue thread discussing it: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=32621 It looks like one developer simply refuses to implement it because if he did there might be a scenario where somebody might not be able to tether 8-/? His attitude is that you have to use SLAAC and RDNSS, which we're just not going to do. At this point I guess Android devices just won't work with IPv6 on our network, and we'll suggest they complain to their vendor and/or get a different phone. I was just curious what this forum might think of that design decision and the discussion on the issue thread.
LC still has true religion. dump android.
Current thread:
- Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Paul B. Henson (Jun 08)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Randy Bush (Jun 08)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Christopher Morrow (Jun 08)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Matthew Kaufman (Jun 09)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Owen DeLong (Jun 09)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Christopher Morrow (Jun 08)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Randy Bush (Jun 08)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Alan Buxey (Jun 08)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Paul B. Henson (Jun 09)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Christopher Morrow (Jun 09)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Randy Bush (Jun 09)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 A . L . M . Buxey (Jun 09)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Randy Bush (Jun 09)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Joel Maslak (Jun 09)
- Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6 Paul B. Henson (Jun 09)