DHCPv6 and MAC Address inclusion

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Wed Jan 25 17:26:36 UTC 2012


Ted, 

I do indeed want to do some pushing. Is there some method of doing this? Some form to be filled out? Perhaps a mailing list to join? 

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Ted Lemon" <Ted.Lemon at nominum.com>
> To: "Users of ISC DHCP" <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 11:38:57 AM
> Subject: Re: DHCPv6 and MAC Address inclusion

> On Jan 24, 2012, at 6:25 PM, < scott_stone at trendmicro.com > wrote:
> > am I missing something here in terms of how this client and this
> > server are implemented...?
> 

> It sounds like a real problem, although part of it is that the DHCP
> client sounds like it's broken. You might want to make sure it's up
> to date. As far as I know, the state of the art in DHCPv6 support is
> a fast-moving target, so the fact that it doesn't work for you in
> CentOS doesn't mean that the problem you are having hasn't been
> solved. Windows would be a huge problem at this point, though if you
> can't make what's there work. I suppose there's a window of
> opportunity (yuk yuk) for getting a fix into Windows 8 if the
> current version isn't doing the right thing. You might also want to
> look at ways of solving this in the relay agent.

> However, I would like to reiterate that while there is interest in
> sending the MAC address in an option in the IETF, there's no active
> push going on in the working group; if you want this, you should
> consider doing some pushing.

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