stateless dhcp6 server for FreeBSD?
Lev Serebryakov
lev at FreeBSD.org
Thu Apr 21 16:36:54 UTC 2011
Hello, J.R..
You wrote 21 апреля 2011 г., 18:53:56:
>> I need only distribute IPv6 DNS server addresses to clients, but not
>> prefixes or address information.
> DHCP is stateful. If you want stateless, you need IPv6 RDNSS router
> advertisements.
Information-Request message doesn't need state on server side. And
IPv6 RDNSS is good thing, but doesn't supported by Windows (yet?)...
:(
> Since you just want to send DNS info and not prefixes, you can use these
> patches in rtadvd and just configure rdnss info and no prefix info.
I want to advertise Prefixes and routes via pure IPv6 mechanisms
(rtadv), as it supported by all known IPv6-enabled systems. And DNS
needs DHCPv6 for Windows clients :(
> I've since filed a PR
> (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=156259)
> to have this reviewed and committed.
Great! I looks like very valuable addition to FreeBSD, but,
unfortunately, it doesn't help client Windows machines in any way :(
--
// Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev at FreeBSD.org>
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