On 04/04/2018 11:30 AM, Arjen de Korte wrote:
The lack of DHCPv6 support in Android limits the use to non-Android devices though, in which case it is not uncommon to block IPv6 entirely for that class of devices.
I read about why it's not included in Android and, frankly, it doesn't make sense. Here's a link about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCPv6#Implementation What does NAT have to do with it? A device, such as a computer, smart phone or tablet just needs a single address. Even if you might want to tether to it, DHCPv6-PD supports exactly that. When I connect my tablet or smart phone to my home network, I'm not looking to share my network through that device. There are easier ways. The only time I'd want to tether is when I'm away from home with my cell phone. With it, I can tether devices and get both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. IPv4 uses NAT, but IPv6 doesn't. I don't know how my cell carrier hands out IPv6 addresses, but they can clearly hand out prefixes. The same argument could be made for SLAAC. It hands out only individual addresses to those devices and doesn't support tethering. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org