In a message written on Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 06:25:18PM +1030, Mark Smith wrote: > There isn't a method to specify a default gateway in DHCPv6. Some > people want it, however it seems a bit pointless to me if you're going > to have RAs announcing M/O bits anyway - you may as well use those RAs > to announce a default router too.
There are some folks (like me) who advocate a DHCPv6 that can convey
a default gateway AND the ability to turn off RA's entirely. That
is make it work like IPv4.
There are pros, and cons; but I can think of a number of deployment
scenarios where it would be a vast improvement and beleive strongly
operators should have the choice.
Unfortunately the folks in the IETF don't even want to listen, to the
point a working group chair when I tried to explain why I wanted such a
feater told the rest of the group "He's an operator and thus doesn't
understand how any of this works, ignore him." That's when I gave up
on the IETF, and started working on my vendor for the solution.
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