dhcpcd-discuss

Re: DHCPv6 Duplicate Address Detection

Shahid Mahmood

Mon Jun 06 16:44:10 2016

On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Roy Marples <roy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> I don't have any short term plans to implement it because as of until
> now, no-one has really asked for it and I'm pretty sure no other open
> source client supports it either. Right now I'm concentrating on
> stabalising dhcpcd-6.11 and working on Solaris support.
>
> Roy
>
> Hi Roy,
Duplicate address detection, as per RFC 3315, is one of our major
requirements for TAHI compliance.

PS: I have heard that Fedora distribution has a patch for ISC dhclient to
support this function (but that is not the route we are seeking).

Thanks
-shahid

References:
DHCPv6 Duplicate Address DetectionHofer, Rod (Connectivity FW)
Re: DHCPv6 Duplicate Address DetectionRoy Marples
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