dhclient -6 Solicit message T1/T2 and IAID in IA_NA

[adrian mamolea]

David,

thanks for your response.

Adrian

David W. Hankins wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:33:08AM -0500, adrian mamolea wrote:
>   
>> 1. value used for T1 and T2.
>>
>> Looking through the code, there seems that T1/T2 are hard coded
>> to 3600/5400.
>>     
>
> That's correct, we intended to provide a way to configure different
> values in a later version.
>
>   
>> 2. IAID.
>> There is no way to specify the IAID.
>>     
>
> That's also correct, we currently hardcode the IAID to the last 4
> octets of the MAC address.  We intended to provide a way to configure
> explicit IAID's when providing "multiple state engine" support (the
> ability to run multiple DHCPv6 clients on one interface, rather than
> as now, one per each interface).
>
>   
>> Should I just conclude there is no way for a client to express
>> its preferred lease time and how many IA_NA per interface are sent?
>>     
>
> Yes.  These are "future features."
>
>   
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