Linux DHCPv6
The Linux DHCPv6 project develops a stateful DHCPv6 protocol implementation primarily geared towards Linux. As of this writing, the development seems still fluid, as formal documentation and proper release notes were hard to find.
The LGPLv2+ DHCPv6 implementation
as it calls itself consist of separate programs
for the different DHCPv6 protocol functionalities:
dhcp6s, the DHCP server,
dhcp6c, the DHCP client and
dhcp6r, the DHCP relay agent.
It is unclear which Linux distributions ship the dhcpv6 package.
| Content from | April 2009 |
|---|---|
| Current version | 1.2.0 |
| Tested version | none |
| Documentation for | unknown |
| For platforms | Linux |
| Other programs | WIDE DHCPv6, Dibbler DHCPv6, ISC DHCP DHCPv6 |
DHCPv6 functions and options
The current release states support for various DHCPv6 options and features: 1
- DHCPv6 client
- DHCPv6 server
- DHCPv6 relay
- DHCPv6 stateful functionality
- (Stateless DHCPv6 unclear [the documentation is conflicting — Ed.])
- Address assignment, apperently both temporary (IA_TA) and non-temporary (IA_NA)
- Information on DNS
- Prefix delegation (PD)
The various documentation describes support for:2
- RFC3315: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
- RFC3633: IPv6 Prefix Options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) version 6
- RFC3646: DNS Configuration options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
- RFC4242: Information Refresh Time Option for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
References/Documentation
- Welcome to the dhcpv6 project (dhcpv6 project at fedorahosted.org. Accessed April 2009) ↑
-
Welcome to the dhcpv6 project project homepage, and
contents of the release 1.2.0 dhcpv6-1.2.0.tar.gz archive, and
the various included manual pages (dhcp6c.8, dhcp6s.8, dhcp6c.conf.5, dhcp6s.conf.8) ↑
Further reading
- Dynamic Host Configuration v6 Server (dhcp6s) Configuration Hints (Peter Bieringer Linux IPv6 HOWTO: October 2005. Accessed May 2009)
- Welcome to the dhcpv6 project (dhcpv6 project at fedorahosted.org. Accessed April 2009)
- Source archive downloads (dhcpv6 project at fedorahosted.org. Accessed April 2009)
