Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:35:04 +0100 (CET) From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: siquijorphilips@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to generate IPv6 RA without any prefixes? Message-ID: <20101122.123504.71173505.sthaug@nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimXsHgs6qo-ALwZWpNLvO0EgJ0Uq8pGJ22%2B%2BGx7@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimty_mO_kD1jxXo--vLbtzyZrVofy=yCPxuMXk3@mail.gmail.com> <20101122.090147.74675296.sthaug@nethelp.no> <AANLkTimXsHgs6qo-ALwZWpNLvO0EgJ0Uq8pGJ22%2B%2BGx7@mail.gmail.com>
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> >> Oh I see. I haven't tried this case with FreeBSD configuring RA with > >> default route info only. So, how your Juniper router coordinate your > >> DHCPv6 server to inform the hosts or nodes where to get prefix info > >> since then your router wasn't configured with pinfoflags options? > > > > The router sends RAs with the "managed" flag, in the RA header (not > > connected to any specific prefix). This tells the clients that they > > should attempt DHCPv6 configuration. > > > >> Or > >> the hosts are just configured with DHCPv6 client informing directly > >> the DHCPv6 server for IPv6 address info while its default route is > >> obtainable via RA through SLAAC? > > > > The default route and the "managed" flag come from RA. The rest from > > the DHCPv6 server. > > > > Some of us would *like* DHCPv6 to be able to work without RA - but that > > is a different (religious) discussion. > > Thanks for the explanation Steinar, this is clear to me now. So, as > what other folks have suggested, I think you can proceed with issuing > a PR to this. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=152458 Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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