Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6

Karl Auer kauer at biplane.com.au
Wed Jun 10 07:13:13 UTC 2015


On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 15:32 +0900, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
> It's certainly possible to make Android request N IPv6 addresses via
> DHCPv6, and not accept the offer if it is offered fewer than N addresses.
> But that only really makes sense if there's a generally-agreed upon minimum
> value of N. I'd be happy to work with people on an Internet draft or other
> standard to define a minimum value for N, but I fear that it may not
> possible to gain consensus on that.

You need as many as you need. Request them. Worry about it if you don't
get them. This is exactly what happens when N=1, BTW. A DHCPv6 server is
almost certainly not going to have an upper limit that significantly
crimps your style...

Regards, K.

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