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Re: Question on DHCPv6 address assignment
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:07:10 -0800
On Jan 31, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Fernando Gont <fernando () gont com ar> 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
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