> How does a router that is using dhclient to get delegated a address > prefix from an upstream router obtain its default route, since dhcpv6 > can't provide a default route. > And since it is a router it can't get its default route from router > advertisements from the upstream router?
It behaves both as a host and as a router: - As a host it receives a default route from RA from its upstream router - and it can also receive an address (IA_NA) or a prefix (IA_PD) using DHCPv6. - As a router it can send RA on its LAN segment(s), and it can also act as a DHCPv6 server. In principle it could subdivide a prefix obtained with DHCPv6 IA_PD (for instance a /56) into suitable /64 prefixes and announce these on separate LAN segments - thgough I don't know of any boxes that do this automagically today. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
