[AfrIPv6-Discuss] AfrIPv6-Discuss DHCP6

Daniel Shaw daniel at afrinic.net
Tue May 3 08:29:45 UTC 2016


> On 30 Apr 2016, at 1:54 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
> 
> 
> DHCPv6 does not support the assignment of a default gateway.
> 
> You'll need SLAAC for that, or a static configuration.
> 

I’ve found the easiest config (in my opinion) for end users getting ipv6 dynamically, is let SLAAC takes care of both the IP assignments and GW, and run DHCPv6 primarily just for assigning DNS servers (and potentially ntp and whatever other DHCP extension stuff you’d do in v4).

- Daniel





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