Re: [dhcwg] I-D Action: draft-ietf-dhc-conn-status-00.txt

Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com> Wed, 05 February 2014 12:44 UTC

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On Feb 4, 2014, at 11:07 PM, Prashanth Patil (praspati) <praspati@cisco.com> wrote:
> Sure. The idea was to be able to detect transitions as well i.e. Dual
> stack to IPv6 only, which the server cannot detect unless informed.
> Whether this detection is generically useful, needs discussion.

Of course the server can detect this.   When the DHCPv4 lease expires without being renewed, either the host is no longer attached to the network, or it's v6-only.   Am I missing something?