IPv6 fc00::/7 — Unique local addresses

Fri Oct 22 13:55:49 UTC 2010

On 10/22/2010 7:12 AM, Ray Soucy wrote:
> The design of IPv6 is that DHCPv6 and RA work together.  This is why
> there is no method to express the default gateway using DHCPv6, that
> task is handled by the RA.  I suppose you could run DHCPv6 on a subnet
> to give hosts addresses but never give them a default gateway, but
> that would be a little useless no?
>

Works great when you don't need routing.

DHCPv6 doesn't have an option for a default gateway/router

There. No confusion. RA isn't the only way to load a route. It's just 
the most supported.

Jack