On 19/02/2009, at 9:42 AM, sth...@nethelp.no wrote:
2) Some end-node box with a IPv6 stack from "Joe's Software Emporium
and
Bait-n-Tackle" sees an RA packet, and concludes that since RA and
DHCPv6
are mutually exclusive, to ignore any DHCPv6 packets it sees, and
hilarity
ensues.
They are not mutually exclusive, DHCPv6 *requires* RA.
In your previous Nanog message you said:
DHCPv6 can operate without RA now.
Please make up your mind.
You are right, sorry for any confusion, I will clarify my comments.
DHCPv6 can operate without RA, but you cannot get default route
information right now. I believe there is a draft to add this option
though.
In most networks this is not practical, as many hosts with a DHCPv6
stack will send DHCPv6 requests only when RA messages tell them to us
a DHCPv6 server.
The DHCPv6 protocol does not require RA, however practical
implementation of DHCPv6 for address assignment does.
Better? :-)
--
Nathan Ward
