dhcpcd-discuss

Hi Nicholas

On 02/02/2016 15:47, Nicholas Williams wrote:
> So, something isn't right I don't //think// I'm doing something wrong,
> but it sure seems like it. Or there's a bug? I put this in my
> configuration file:
> 
> interface eth2
> option subnet_mask
> option broadcast_address
> option routers
> option domain_name_servers
> option domain_search
> option domain_name
> option interface_mtu
> dhcp6_option name_servers
> dhcp6_option domain_search

option dhcp6_name_servers
option dhcp6_domain_search

> And it had this result:
> 
> $ sudo dhcpcd eth2
> unknown option: dhcp6_option
> unknown option: dhcp6_option
> DUID 00:01:00:01:1e:43:88:3a:08:00:27:21:d4:16
> eth2: IAID 27:21:d4:16
> eth2: soliciting an IPv6 router
> eth2: Router Advertisement from fe80::87:17f5:6412:6666
> eth2: adding address 2600:1004:b140:f81a:a00:27ff:fe21:d416/64
> eth2: requesting DHCPv6 information
> eth2: rebinding lease of 172.20.10.6
> eth2: probing address 172.20.10.6/28 <http://172.20.10.6/28>
> forked to background, child pid 3013
> 
> For some reason, dhcpcd doesn't recognize the dhcp6_option settings?
> 
> But I can get and use an IPv6 address through dhcpcd, so clearly it's
> not somehow compiled without DHCPv6 support.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

Clearly DHCPv6 support is there :)

> eth2: requesting DHCPv6 information

Going to guess that you've requested IA_PD but not IA_NA?
Try requesting both.
If it still fails, save me from guessing and attach your full
dhcpcd.conf please.
Also, please attach all logs including after forking, because your log
snippet showed working DHCPv4 only, which we're not interested in.

Roy