Jason White <[email protected]> writes: > <[email protected]> writes: > >> however to seek further tools/knowledge re-use I turned myself to the already >> massively in use ISC's DHCP server/client. With this one, I got several >> issues : >> >> * I may have missed something, but it looks like there is no "enable IPv6" >> option anywhere, and I had to patch the init script. >> >> * ISC's dhclient with -6 option is "not working", in the way that the debug >> mode tells me that it gets the IP and everything, but it does not apply it >> to the >> interface. I don't know yet if I missed something or if it's a bug. > > As I remember, it runs a script to apply the address to the interface, > but that script hasn't been updated for IPv6. Consequently, it doesn't > work. > > In my case, I need additional functionality which ISC DHCP doesn't > provide, as far as I can tell from the manual pages and Web searches.
I tried to summarize the status for open source dhcpv6 clients on the ipv6-ops list a while ago. I believe the status hasn't changed much, unfortunately. You might want to look at http://lists.cluenet.de/pipermail/ipv6-ops/2009-December/002765.html and the thread following. Got some interesting answers from Shane Kerr (ISC) as well. > The scenario is as follows. > > My ISP provides native IPv6 over ADSL. The (static) block of IPv6 > addresses assigned to my network is provided via IPv6 prefix delegation. > The DHCPv6 request has to be made over the ppp0 interface, but the > prefix (with additional bits added, i.e., to convert the /60 prefix to a > /64) then needs to be applied to the eth0 interface. During the trial > period, it is possible that the allocated block may change; after the > trial is over, it should be static. I believe this is (or at least will be when the ISPs are ready) a very common scenario. And unfortunately, the ISC dhcp client does not support requests over ppp yet. Due to its IPv4 legacy, I assume. > I have this working with wide-chdpv6, but ISC DHCP doesn't appear to > support it, so I'm staying with Wide for now, hoping that it doesn't > fall into unmaintained status while it is still necessary. Yes, I am also using the wide-dhcpv6 client for my testing. It still seems like the most complete solution, although there are lots of small issues which should be fixed. I've reported a few, but feel it's not much point unless I have time to follow up. Preferably with a patch. The Debian maintainer is great! Bjørn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
