On 5/26/11 5:46 PM, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > Thomas Narten wrote: > >> Let me ask a question. In IPv4, for typical SOHO routers, do they >> support DHCP relay agent functionality? (My guess is no.) >> >> And what about configuring it? It is *not* plug and play, zeroconf >> magic... > > Since they are typically NAPTs, I'd say no. They are local DHCP > servers for the private address space behind them only. > > In IPv6, what will the "typical SOHO router" look like, though? Same > NAT functionality as IPv4? And if not, is there an automatic way of > configuring this SOHO router for any possible DHCP relay function?
What about a situation where rather than using DHCP relay, a router uses DHCP Prefix Delegation to get a prefix that is then used in the home network? There is no need for the relay functionality and the CPE is still plug-and-play. Regards, Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
