- O bit: with this bit, a IPv6 host can use DHCPv6 to collect some parameters like DNS server address. However DHCPv6 server doesn't provide the client's IP address. Host use stateless configuration.
- M bit: with this bit, a IPv6 host can use DHCPv6 to collect a IPv6 address and others parameters from the server.
- Without these bits set, the IPv6 host will use stateless autoconfiguration.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Used IPv6 stateful Autoconfiguration
I would like add some details to my post vista and DHCPv6 (in french). I would like detailed which mechanisms is used to choose between stateless and stateful configuration. The DHCPv6 client used 2 bits in the RA (Routers Advertisements send by the router) in order to know if DHCPv6 server is available:
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