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Re: [lwip-devel] [task #12406] Add DHCPv6
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H. Peter Anvin |
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Re: [lwip-devel] [task #12406] Add DHCPv6 |
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Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:10:11 -0700 |
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On 03/18/2013 04:35 AM, Harald Johansen wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #3, task #12406 (project lwip):
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> Stateless DHCPv6 (i.e. Information Request - RFC 3736) is often needed to
> retrieve DNS (and SIP) server address(es). This is especially valid in an
> IPv6-only network.
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> Stateless DHCPv6 runs fine as an addon to SLAAC: The network informs the
> clients the support for it through the M/O-bits in the RA message during
> SLAAC.
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> To make use of IPv6 DNS server address(es), I think the LwIP DNS client need
> to be enhanced with support for transmitting on IPv6?
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Not to mention that there are definitely environments where stateful
DHCPv6 is required.
-hpa