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Date:      Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:23:17 +0100
From:      Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
To:        <cross+freebsd@distal.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   =?UTF-8?Q?Re:=C2=A0DHCPv6_IA=5FPD_-_how-to?=
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Hi

---- On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:11:18 +0100 cross+freebsd@distal.com wrote ----


> tl;dr; anyone have a good IPv6 network setup based on an IA_PD from
> their provider? Any details or advice to share?
>
> The current router is x86_64 FreeBSD 11.x, but I=E2=80=99m building the F=
reeBSD
> 14.1 system to replace it now. What to install on it for this is a pendin=
g
> question.
>
> Hello all. I have been running a FreeBSD router for years and years. I ha=
ve
> this year been trying to figure out how to use an IPv6 allocation from my
> provider (Verizon FiOS). They are using the PD feature of DHCPv6 to give
> a delegation, and not given an address (NA) when asked.
>
> There are, unfortunately, _many_ programs that can help me with this,
> and google yielded no clear best-path. I have not been able to get
> ISC dhclient to work for me so far, and I did get dhcpcd working, but
> only with command-line options rather than config file, and that
> application doesn=E2=80=99t have the smarts to configure things based on
> the PD, so I=E2=80=99d have to code all of that myself.


I'm upstream for dhcpcd.
All options related to PD are configurable in the dhcpcd.conf(5) configurat=
ion file. There are also some examples.


What are you struggling with specifically?


Roy



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