Re: Question on DHCPv6 address assignment
On Jan 31, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Fernando Gont wrote: > Folks, > > I'm wondering about the following two aspects of different DHCPv6 > implementations out there: > > 1) What's the pattern with which addresses are generated/assigned? Are > they sequential (fc00::1, fc00::2, etc.)? Random? Something else? > Depends on your DHCPv6 server implementation. I believe ISC defaults to random. I’m not sure if that’s configurable or not. > 2) What about their stability? Is there any intent/mechanism for them to > be as "stable" as possible? Or is it usual for hosts to get a new > address for each lease? I believe they are generally stable in that once a DUID is associated with an address, that association is persistent, but that may also be implementation dependent. > > P.S.: I understand this is likely to vary from one implementation to > another... so please describe which implementation/version you're > referring to. I have limited experience with the ISC DHCPv6 server. Mostly I just use SLAAC. Owen
Re: Question on DHCPv6 address assignment
Hi, Bill, On 01/31/2014 05:59 PM, bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com wrote: > > i in my bespoke version: Is there any reference I could use for it? > 1- psudo-random within a /32 space > 2- not stable, unless coded to a fixed address Regarding "2)", do you mean they are only stable if you ahve a MAC->IPv6 mapping "database", or something else? Cheers, -- Fernando Gont e-mail: ferna...@gont.com.ar || fg...@si6networks.com PGP Fingerprint: 7809 84F5 322E 45C7 F1C9 3945 96EE A9EF D076 FFF1
Question on DHCPv6 address assignment
Folks, I'm wondering about the following two aspects of different DHCPv6 implementations out there: 1) What's the pattern with which addresses are generated/assigned? Are they sequential (fc00::1, fc00::2, etc.)? Random? Something else? 2) What about their stability? Is there any intent/mechanism for them to be as "stable" as possible? Or is it usual for hosts to get a new address for each lease? P.S.: I understand this is likely to vary from one implementation to another... so please describe which implementation/version you're referring to. Thanks! Best regards, -- Fernando Gont e-mail: ferna...@gont.com.ar || fg...@si6networks.com PGP Fingerprint: 7809 84F5 322E 45C7 F1C9 3945 96EE A9EF D076 FFF1
