[nycbug-talk] dhcpv6

gene cronk quigongene at gmail.com
Wed Nov 7 11:09:17 EST 2007


On 11/7/07, Kurt Miller <lists at intricatesoftware.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 07 November 2007 9:07:20 am nikolai wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > Anybody using dhcp for ipv6? Which one?
> > As I understand neither ISC nor OpenBSD dhcpd support v6.
> > The wide-dhcp in the packages doesn't look like it either.
> > There are several others out there. Which ones you people
> > are using?
> >
> > The idea is to have a v6-only subnet (wireless ?) but
> > the dns server assignment is missing from normal icmpv6.
>
> On OpenBSD I use rtadvd on my router:
>
> /etc/rc.conf.local:
> rtadvd_flags="sis1"
>
> and IPv6 autoconfig on my LAN systems:
>
> /etc/sysctl.conf:
> net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv=1
>
> Works ok for me.


While that will get you a v6 IP with no problem, there's not currently a
system in place in Router Advertising to assign DNS servers (odds are you're
still using IPv4 DNS unless you've manually put IPv6 IPs into nameserver
entries in /etc/resolv.conf).  Also, there isn't a way that I'm aware of to
assign specific IPs based on MAC address using rtadvd.  For the SOHO, rtadvd
will be fine, but in a larger enterprise, the DHCPv6 protocol will be pretty
much required.
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