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>-----Original Message----- >From: Charles Wyble [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 5:28 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: SLAAC(autoconfig) vs DHCPv6 > >Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: >> On 18 aug 2008, at 22:23, Dale W. Carder wrote: >> >>> DHCPv6 >>> - doesn't ship w/ some OS's >> >> Forget about it on XP, > >Hmmm. MS says otherwise: >http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx Did you see somewhere on that site, that WinXP does DHCPv6? I don't. And it would be wrong, to boot. (Not just IPv6 support - that is one simple command ...) >> but it's in Vista. You can add it to BSD/Linux without too much >> trouble (are there good, bugfree implementations for those yet?) > >Bugfree? Nothing is bugfree :) >> but Mac is a problem for prospective DHCPv6 users because the network >> configuration mechanisms are fairly proprietary and DHCPv6 isn't >> likely to be supported any time soon. > >Hmmmm. I have yet to play with the Mac Ipv6 support (typing this on a Mac >now I should try in my lab later). What auto configuration mechanisms are >you referring to? Bonjour? Isn't there an RFC or two for Zeroconf? No, I believe he is referring to the actual network configuration. Not the (almost) automatic/automated service/device discovery ... > >-- >Charles Wyble (818) 280 - 7059 /TJ
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