Re: [v6ops] DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation (DHCPv6 PD) on cellular links - works ok

[Alexandre Petrescu <[e-mail]>]

Le 01/12/2017 à 10:08, Simon Hobson a écrit :
> Dmytro Shytyi <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
>> v6opsers, what could be a nice motivation for such vendors as 
>> Qualcomm to change their policy regarding the DHCPv6_PD support
> 
> Someone saying something like "We want $very-large-number* of modems 
> for our next model of $device but it needs to pass DHCPv6 traffic - 
> if your modem can't do that we'll have to use $competitors device". 
> Basically, they'll change the design if they think there's a 
> commercial gain from doing it - and that means a large customer 
> demanding the functionality.
> 
> So there's that catch-22 issue. Phone manufacturers probably aren't 
> asking for it as they know there isn't demand because the cellular 
> networks don't support it. Network operators probably aren't 
> supporting it because they know there are very few devices that can 
> use it. Modem manufacturers are blocking the traffic because $reason 
> and no-one is demanding enough units for them to change the design.

Some operator does support DHCPv6-PD on PGW to UE.

Some modem and dongle do support DHCPv6-PD on UE.

Some prototypes shown it to work ok.

Further deployment needs removal of DHCPv6 blocking.

$reason would yield value :-)

Alex

> 
> * Where very-large-number means "many millions". 
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