DHCPv6 and MAC Address inclusion

[perl-list]

I didn't mean to suggest that some equipment may not be IPv6 compliant, merely that it may not implement some features that would make life handy. Usually one does not find out that obscure features are missing until well after purchase and therefore return period has passed. Shall we throw away equipment that cost many 10s of thousands of dollars? 

In any case - I believe that the discussion is being moved to the ietf mailing list... 

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

> From: "Bjørn Mork" <bjorn at mork.no>
> To: "Users of ISC DHCP" <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 3:48:54 AM
> Subject: Re: DHCPv6 and MAC Address inclusion

> perl-list <perl-list at network1.net> writes:

> >> This doesn't match with what I'm hearing. I think it depends on
> >> your
> >> circumstances. Where would you find a DSLAM that both supports
> >> IPv6
> >> and doesn't have this feature? Or are DSLAMs strictly layer 2?
> >
> > Whether they are layer 3 or layer 2 doesn't really matter. The
> > simple
> > fact is that varying manufacturers implement useful features to
> > varying degrees or not at all. Much like the MAC address in the
> > DHCPv6
> > packet, it cannot be counted upon that a particular DSLAM will have
> > some certain functionality available that will make your life
> > easier.

> You cannot provide native IPv6 public access through a non-IPv6 aware
> layer2 device. Please try sending a few rogue RAs or ND scans for a
> full /64 (or more...) and see for yourself. That's not something you
> would want to support.

> Bjørn
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