[Dnsmasq-discuss] Stateless DHCPv6 Server

[Simon Kelley]

François-Xavier Le Bail wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In a Dual Stack (IPv4/IPv6) Internet Home Gateway, the IPv6 addreses
> on the LAN can be configured by SLAAC, so no absolute need for a
> statefull DHCPv6 server.
> 
> But to configure IPv6 DNS server [RFC3646] for the hosts on the LAN,
> it is useful to have a stateless DHCPv6 server [RFC3736].
> 
> In this context, there is no leases to manage, only
> "Information-request", sent by a DHCPv6 client to request
> configuration parameters and "Reply", sent by a DHCPv6 server
> containing the requested configuration parameters.
> 
> Is there current plans to support in DNSmasq a stateless DHCPv6
> server ?

Not currently. Would there be any advantage to having this as part of
dnsmasq, rather than a stand-alone daemon?

Cheers,

Simon.