Thanks, Mark. The ISC website isn't very clear on how to make such requests unless you have a support contract.
Also make note of my last response to the thread on logging and MAC awareness, as it may also be worth consideration. On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Mark Andrews <ma...@isc.org> wrote: > > In message > <CALFTrnMXzdoS=-B=wt1hvfgkvdrqzdz8konhopgu1joqxo9...@mail.gmail.com> > , Ray Soucy writes: >> This is a problem that would be nice for ISC to resolve (or another >> dependable FOSS implementation). >> >> For a while now (about 20 years I believe) we've used ISC DHCPd in a >> distributed model for our public IPv4 space. In a nutshell, each DHCP >> server is configured only with static assignments, their log files are >> monitored (simple event correlator), and scripts are fired off to >> perform tasks like new assignments against a centralized database >> (MySQL). The database is responsible for keeping track of address >> assignments centrally and is used to generate configuration files for >> DHCPd. Dynamic updates are made using OMAPI. >> >> Unfortunately, the ISC DHCPv6 implementation makes replicating this >> impossible due to the lack of information logged. >> >> Another problem with the ISC DHCPv6 implementation is that it doesn't >> allow you to assign fixed-address information based on the DUID _and_ >> IAID, which becomes a problem when a host has more than one active >> adapter. >> >> The only options are hacking the source code if you feel comfortable >> doing so, or waiting for ISC to make the change (if they ever plan >> to). > > I can't see any request to add this feature to ISC DHCPv6 so I've opened > > 27564 request for duid+iaid as selection criteria > > If we don't know you need a feature we can't put it on the roadmap. > >> For now, we get by with static assignments made in the database and no >> dynamic allocation via DHCPv6, which does OK in a dual-stack >> environment where IPv6 isn't considered necessary yet, but in the near >> future that will change. >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Randy Carpenter <rcar...@network1.net> wrote >> : >> > >> > I am wondering how people out there are using DHCPv6 to handle assigning pr >> efixes to end users. >> > >> > We have a requirement for it to be a redundant server that is centrally loc >> ated. DHCPv6 will be relayed from each customer access segment. >> > >> > We have been looking at using ISC dhcpd, as that is what we use for v4. How >> ever, it currently does not support any redundancy. It also does not do very >> much useful logging for DHCPv6 requests. Certainly not enough to keep track o >> f users and devices. >> > >> > So, my questions are: >> > >> > >> > How are you doing DHCPv6 with Prefix Delegation? >> > >> > What software are you using? >> > >> > >> > When DHCPv6 with Prefix Delegation seems to be about the only way to deploy >> IPv6 to end users in a generic device-agnostic fashion, I am wondering why i >> t is so difficult to find a working solution. >> > >> > thanks, >> > -Randy >> > >> > -- >> > | Randy Carpenter >> > | Vice President - IT Services >> > | Red Hat Certified Engineer >> > | First Network Group, Inc. >> > | (800)578-6381, Opt. 1 >> > ---- >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Ray Soucy >> >> Epic Communications Specialist >> >> Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526 >> >> Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System >> http://www.networkmaine.net/ >> > -- > Mark Andrews, ISC > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org -- Ray Soucy Epic Communications Specialist Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526 Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System http://www.networkmaine.net/
