On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > I was only referring to the server needing a fixed address not any of the > clients. I have always thought that you had to have at least some fixed > point to refer to when using DHCP that being the server or more correctly > the server's address.
So was I. With IPv4, that's a practical requirement, because the only way[1] to get an address automatically is DHCP, and the DHCP server can't get its own IP address via DHCP. Chicken-and-egg. With IPv6, the DHCP server *could* configure its own address via SLAAC, and then just hand out DHCP options (like DNS servers) when asked. Or at least, so I suppose. I haven't read the RFCs. :) [1] This is an over-simplification, but good enough for our purposes. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
