DHCP6 default router

Mohacsi Janos mohacsi at niif.hu
Mon Dec 3 15:27:54 CET 2012




On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Nick Hilliard wrote:

> On 03/12/2012 13:52, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
>>> Should I expect every device asking me DHCP6 should also get and use RA
>>> default router, and I do not need to do any magic with DHCP6 default router?
>>
>> Correct. But please check the link that Nick Hilliard sent,
>>
>> http://www.isc.org/community/blog/201111/routing-configuration-over-dhcpv6
>>
>> especially "A bit of history" and "Problem definition", for some very
>> relevant background info.
>
> incidentally, are there any dhcpv6 clients (other than isc) which support
> route-option?

The dibbler client. It can be instructed to ask NEXT_HOP and RT_PREFIX 
options. Dibbler states these options experimental in the current 
implementation.

 	Best Regards,
 			Janos Mohacsi

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> Nick
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