One issue with this is that distributions like RHEL don't open DHCPv6 in the default firewall policy. On Mar 4, 2011 7:17 AM, "Jay Cornwall" <jay@jcornwall.me.uk> wrote:
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 00:24:48 +0000 (UTC), Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> wrote:
On a more serious note, I can on my Ubuntu machine just "apt-get install wide-dhcpv6-client" and I get dhcpv6, it'll properly put stuff in resolv.conf for dns-over-ipv6 transport, even though the connection manager knows nothing about it, at least dual stack works properly.
This is finally getting fixed now. NetworkManager 0.8.3, to be shipped in the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) seems to do the right thing, including using the OtherConfig-Flag in RA to trigger a stateless DHCPv6 request. Haven't tested stateful yet.
I've tested stateful configuration and it works correctly (with stateless/stateful and stateful only) in NetworkManager with ISC DHCP 4.
The DHCP client uses a dynamic DUID based on the link-local address and time. That's not quite as flexible as WIDE or Dibbler.
-- Jay Cornwall http://www.jcornwall.me.uk/