Question about DHCPv6 Lease Selection

[Simon Hobson]

John W. Blue <john.blue at rrcic.com> wrote:

> And here is the advertise packet in question that is generating a score of zero.  Any thoughts as to why it got a zero?

Probably not related since DUIDs are supposed to be treated as blobs, and the client shouldn't really have a reason to look inside and decode them ...

>     Server Identifier
>         Option: Server Identifier (2)
>         Length: 14
>         Value: 0001000155d45514f8bc123d6ca8
>         DUID: 0001000155d45514f8bc123d6ca8
>         DUID Type: link-layer address plus time (1)
>         Hardware type: Ethernet (1)
>         DUID Time: Aug 18, 2045 05:06:12.000000000 Central Daylight Time

That date is "quite a long time" into the future. Not impossible that it's being rejected as impossible - but as I say, there isn't really any reason for the client to be inspecting this.