dhcpcd-discuss

On 17/02/2017 12:24 PM, Roy Marples wrote:

Hi

On 17/02/17 15:39, Shahid Mahmood wrote:

> Hi Roy,
> Can you clarify this please. Need to document the behavior in case of
> multiple IPv6 Advertisements received within 1s.
>
> True or false:
> - dhcpcd picks the very first Advertisement, ignoring any other

If the Advertisement is accepted for existing criteria, true.

> - dhcpcd does not implement RFC sec 17.1.3 bullet one as mentioned above.

True

> - dhccpd still complies to all *must* RFC requirements.

True

> Also please point out if it is documented somewhere.

This isn't documented anywhere explicitly.
I'm actually unaware of any other open-source client that behaves
differently to dhcpcd in this regard either and last I checked (could be
wrong), they don't explicitly document it either.

Roy

Thanks,
I think this information will suffice for now.

Regards
-shahid



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