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Re: IA_PD bit in RA

sthaug@nethelp.no Sat, 14 December 2013 06:56 UTC

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> In addition to Radius and PPP, there are the migration v4-v6 mechanisms 
> which may offer a v6 Delegated Prefix as well.
> 
> > nor do I think I would expect there to be support for this in RA.
> 
> But one _would_ expect RA to always be there.

Not necessarily. Some of us would like to use DHCPv6 for this, and
be rid of RA. Yes, I'm very much aware that this isn't supported
today,

Steinar Haug, AS 2116

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