On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Bound, Jim wrote: > In addition the Enterprise wireline networks and IT are not going to > give up stateful control with servers and NAS in their networks for a > long time with IPv6 is my intelligence from my work with users.
Are servers and NAS configured with DHCPv4 today?
Yes. The home NAT/router in my basement acts as a DHCP client on the interface connected to the ISP and as a DHCP server on the interface to my home network.
Your question does raise an interesting issue - where, in the IPv6 specifications, is the behavior of a router in response to received router advertisements specified? How does a router behave if it receives an RA with either or both of the 'M' and 'O' bits set?
Note that the DHCPv6 doesn't include the infamous sentence: "DHCP is not intended for use in configuring routers."
I certainly anticipate routers using DHCPv6 for obtaining DNS and similar configuration information, as well as prefix delegation...
- Ralph
Not that I know of, we certainly don't do it (even though we use DHCPv4 for most workstations). Of course, that's possible, e.g. by identifying MAC-address in the servers etc., but I'm not sure if all that many folks do it.
Don't underestimate the power of an admin doing manual configuration. :-)
So, my point is that there's a lot more to it than just "stateful" or "stateless".
The critical point, IMO, is making the nodes able to easily configure other parameters they'd like, using DHCP-lite, or other mechanisms like that. Few people prefer to punch all of that in manually.
-- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
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