Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:14:54 -0500, Chris Adams said:
> Once upon a time, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> said:
> > On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:59:47 +1000, Karl Auer said:
> > > Hope the question doesn't make me look like an idiot, but why does using
> > > stateful DHCPv6 mean having to go back to NAT?
> >
> > How does the device ask for a *second* DHCPv6'ed address for tethering or
> > whatever?
>
> It's called "bridging".  Let whatever is being tethered ask directly for
> its own address.

And the router knows to send to the "front" address to reach the "back" address,
how, exactly? Seems like somebody should invent a way to assign a prefix to
the front address that it can delegate to things behind it.  :)

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