On 09/17/2016 03:18 PM, James Knott wrote:
Actually, I do use DNS now to hand out some server addresses, including a local network printer. Is DHCP-PD a part of DHCPv6? Would I disable SLAAC if DHCPv6 is running? Don't forget there are 2 sides to the router and they have completely different configurations. The WAN side has to obtain the prefix from
On 09/17/2016 06:04 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote: the ISP and DHCPv6-PD is often used to do that. On the LAN side, you can use DHCPv6 to hand out host addresses, but generally SLAAC is used. With SLAAC, the device address is created by combining the prefix with either a 64 bit number based on the MAC or a random number. Often both are used. The random number address provides some measure of privacy, as it can't be traced to a specific device. The MAC based address is used if you want to have a DNS AAAA record pointing to that device.
Is "PD" built into a DHCPv6 server? I don't see any reference to it in the router documentation. I do see some settings to manually enter a prefix length. BTW, the firmware in this router is dated Jan 13, 2015, so it's not too old. I'll check to see if there's a more recent update. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org