--- On Tue, 7/12/11, Laurence Hurst <l.a.hu...@lboro.ac.uk> wrote: > From: Laurence Hurst <l.a.hu...@lboro.ac.uk> > Subject: IPv6 and DNS > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 5:54 AM > Hi folks, > > I notice a couple of other IPv6 related questions on this > list so I hope this isn't too far of topic... > > I currently have an IPv4-only network (192.168.0.0/24 > behind a NAT firewall/router) at home which includes a > variety of systems (Windows, Debian, OSX and some embedded > devices). All of these devices support IPv4 DHCP so the > least painful and most reliable method of configuring them > with hostnames has been to run my own DHCP server and DNS > with static mappings for most of the devices (I do not allow > dynamic updating of the DNS) including reverse DNS. > > I am curious, if I wanted to translate my IPv4 > configuration into an IPv6 world; > * I know there's a lot of talk about IPv6's > wonderful auto-configuration eliminating the need for DHCP > but how does this work with a static DNS setup? > * Would I need to use DHCP6 and DNS, or > auto-configuration and allow dynamic DNS updating (assuming > IPv6's router discovery allows the clients to discover and > update the DNS themselves)? > * Would I have to trust the clients to update their > own DNS records (I don't at the moment)? > * In the DHCP-less world, how would clients > "discover" the local DNS suffix (e.g. (fictitous) > "internal.home.my.tld")? > > As I'm sure you can see I've got a whole load of questions > and no compelling answers so I hope that some of the well > informed folks on this list might be willing to point me in > something approximating the right direction! > > Cheers, > Laurence > > And I'd like to add an IPV6 question to which I have not found an answer . . .
How is it going to work on DIALUP!!! At least I have a good internal hardware modem . . . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1310478368.8750.yahoomailclas...@web59506.mail.ac4.yahoo.com
