Nope. XP does not support DHCPv6 - only Vista/Windows Server 2008 (and later) can do that. Sean -----Original Message----- From: TJ [mailto:trejrco@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 2:42 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: SLAAC(autoconfig) vs DHCPv6
-----Original Message----- From: Charles Wyble [mailto:charles@thewybles.com] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 5:28 PM To: nanog@merit.edu 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 ...
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/TJ