[180883] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Curtis)
Thu Jun 11 11:56:35 2015
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From: Bruce Curtis <bruce.curtis@ndsu.edu>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:56:28 +0000
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We have had IPv6 enabled on our campus network since 2008 (including wire=
less). We started with SLAAC and did some experimenting with DHCPv6 PD ove=
r wireless but haven=92t implemented DHCPv6 as a production service yet.
I thought that one thing that might push us towards DHCPv6 was desk VoIP =
phones since current desk IP phones depend on learning lots of special or e=
xtra info via DHCP.
Assuming that desk IP phones don=92t become extinct (not a certainty) and=
assuming that many desk IP phones will continue to be based on Android it =
seems that my assumption that desk IP phones will want DHCPv6 might not be =
correct.
So what do the prognosticators think? =20
Will the desk IP phone vendors just add DHCPv6 to their version of Androi=
d or will they switch to other means to learn the info they now learn via D=
HCPv4?
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Bruce Curtis bruce.curtis@ndsu.edu
Certified NetAnalyst II 701-231-8527
North Dakota State University =20
