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Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Palmer)
Wed Jun 10 06:16:15 2015

X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:16:02 +1000
From: Matt Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <0030FD4E-A46A-4630-9A79-896573718C63@steffann.nl>
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On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:31:25AM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote:
> I don't think it is unreasonable. If the network doesn't support the
> features you need then let the user know (grey out the feature and add a
> note that says "broken network").  It will put pressure on the network
> department to fix their DHCPv6 implementation.

Because that has worked sooooo well in the past, as opposed to the helpdesk
person who receives the complaint shrugging their shoulders and saying, "I
dunno, that's just the way it is".

- Matt


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