The topic should likely be re-written to "DHCPv6 expected in OS X 10.7" with rainbows, stars, and prancing unicorns. Apparently I was misinformed. Several people with access to the preview had informed me that DHCPv6 was not in 10.7. This seems to have upset at least one Apple engineer who dropped the NDA bomb on me; while he didn't confirm it was there, he did imply it, and it did make me have people give a second look. (I tried to get him to admit it but he's obviously been through Apple secret keeping training). After having others look more closely it seems that DHCPv6, or the beginnings of DHCPv6 support are in 10.7, though there are no UI options to indicate this, and a reboot of the OS seems to be required before it will make a request (?) Hopefully that is also wrong, or is being worked on. Mainly, the user should have an easy way to determine their DUID. So it looks like the next release of OS X might have a full implementation of DHCPv6 and RDNSS to boot. If that's the case then I applaud Apple at finally delivering on DHCPv6; it's been requested for at least a few years now. It will be interesting to see how this looks when we get closer to a release. Will also be interesting to see some test cases for IPv6 configuration (e.g. can a Mac get both SLAAC and DHCPv6 addresses, if it follows the standard it should be able to). My apologies to Apple and the team that has been working hard on DHCPv6 implementation; If anything the post has shown you that your work is not only worthwhile but also necessary and will be widely appreciated. Funny how Apple keeps everything a secret then get worked up when people don't have correct information to go by ;-) For context, this was incorrect: On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Ray Soucy <rps@maine.edu> wrote:
With copies out to developers we now have confirmation that Apple still hasn't included DHCPv6 in the next release of OS X.
-- Ray Soucy Epic Communications Specialist Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526 Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System http://www.networkmaine.net/