Dynamic (changing) IPv6 prefix delegation

Fri Nov 25 08:37:20 UTC 2011

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011, Seth Mos wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Op 24 nov 2011, om 21:09 heeft Joel jaeggli het volgende geschreven:
>
>> On 11/21/11 14:18 , Nathan Eisenberg wrote:
>>>> Look at the number that are refusing to make generous prefix
>>>> allocations
>>>> to residential end users and limiting them to /56, /60, or even worse,
>>>> /64.
>>>
>>> Owen,
>>>
>>> What does Joe Sixpack do at home with a /48 that he cannot do with a /56 or a /60?
>>
>> prefix delegation to a downstream device via dhcp-pd
>
> Joe Sixpack might not even realize that his device even does this. I actually added a dhcpv6 server that can do just this. Still considering if it should do that automatically.
>
> Contrary to proper networking, I frequently see double nat routers 
> because they purchased a new wifi routers which is then daisy chained to 
> the old one.

Or do bridging.

>
> Or they had a non-wifi model and plugged in the port labeled (internet) 
> of the new wifi router into the existing one. Which is more common.
>
> With dhcp-pd in each, you could daisy chain a few times before it gives 
> out. You know what, let's just build that because I can, it's a few 
> hours of coding, but nothing too serious. Most hooks are already in 
> place. I just didn't start a dhcpdv6 automatically yet.
>
> In a nutshell. Yes, Please.
>
> Regards,
>
> Seth
>