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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 2024 09:12:44 +0100
From:      Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
To:        "Chris Ross" <cross+freebsd@distal.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-net" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_=C2=A0DHCPv6_IA=5FPD_-_how-to?=
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 ---- On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 05:04:12 +0100  Chris Ross  wrote ---=20
 >=20
 >=20
 > > On Jul 23, 2024, at 13:23, Roy Marples roy@marples.name> wrote:
 > > ---- On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:11:18 +0100 cross+freebsd@distal.com wrote=
 ----
 > >=20
 > >=20
 > >> tl;dr; anyone have a good IPv6 network setup based on an IA_PD from
 > >> their provider? Any details or advice to share?
 > >=20
 > >=20
 > > I'm upstream for dhcpcd.
 > > All options related to PD are configurable in the dhcpcd.conf(5) confi=
guration file. There are also some examples.
 >=20
 > My apologies, I think I may=E2=80=99ve misremembered which attempt produ=
ced which
 > result.  More careful investigation suggests it was actually dhclient I
 > was unable to configure in a config file.  So, I=E2=80=99m not sure I ev=
er even
 > got the PD recognized by dhcpcd.  Perhaps I was not finding the right
 > examples.
 >=20
 > > What are you struggling with specifically?
 >=20
 > First, I=E2=80=99d like to request of my ISP the PD and understand the a=
nswer.
 > If dhcpcd can also set up internal networks within the PD, that would
 > be ideal.  Again, I found with earlier work that some clients are able
 > to do more with =E2=80=9Cusing=E2=80=9D the network than others.  I have=
 half a dozen
 > ish internal networks that I assign /64=E2=80=99s to, and distribute via=
 RA.
 >=20
 > Perhaps an answer to Karl=E2=80=99s question might provide me with what =
I need
 > as well.  Otherwise, an example or three of receiving and utilizing an
 > IA_PD response is what I am looking for.

dhcpcd can indeed setup the internal networks within the PD for you.
If my answer to Kar's question is not enough, then please let me know.

Roy



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