[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcp-host ipv6 not get assigned yet ipv4 does

[Geert Stappers]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 02:43:52PM +0100, Buck Horn via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
> On 19.10.24 21:50, Glen Huang wrote:
> > I have this flag set
> > 
> > dhcp-host=example,[::10],192.168.1.10
> > 
> > and my machine correctly gets 192.168.1.10 for ipv4, but gets a random
> > ipv6 address from the dhcp-range flag. Seems the ipv6 in dhcp-host is
> > simply ignored. Any idea why that could happen?
> 
> 
> Your observation would suggest that IPv6 clients in your network would
> use NDP/SLAAC to acquire their IPv6 addresses.
> 
> While DHCPv6 is roughly equivalent to IPv4's DHCP, it is not widely in
> use for IPv6 address assignments.

So true.

 
> Instead, IPv6 strongly emphasises autoconfiguration, where a client
> would construct its IPv6 itself, and never request an IPv6 address from
> a DHCPv6 server. There are even OSs that do not support DHCPv6 at all,
> Android being the prime example.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Buck
 

Groeten
Geert Stappers
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