The draft does help you, it is a BCP and does not specify a standard. It outlines some BCPs that are usable today. I believe I tested and verified that what I outlined works with the ISC DHCPv6 server. It also works with other DHCPv6 servers as well.
John ========================================= John Jason Brzozowski Comcast Cable e) mailto:john_brzozow...@cable.comcast.com o) 609-377-6594 m) 484-962-0060 w) http://www.comcast6.net ========================================= On 1/17/12 6:19 PM, "Randy Carpenter" <rcar...@network1.net> wrote: > >> You might want to give this a read: >> >> http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-redundancy-consider-02.txt > >That doesn't really help us if we want to deploy before that draft >becomes a standard. > >Are there any DHCPv6 servers currently that actually function in a >fashion that is suitable for service providers? > >-Randy > > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> From: Randy Carpenter <rcar...@network1.net> >> Sent: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 5:4 PM >> To: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org> >> CC: >> Subject: How are you doing DHCPv6 ? >> >> >> I am wondering how people out there are using DHCPv6 to handle >> assigning prefixes to end users. >> >> We have a requirement for it to be a redundant server that is >> centrally located. DHCPv6 will be relayed from each customer access >> segment. >> >> We have been looking at using ISC dhcpd, as that is what we use for >> v4. However, it currently does not support any redundancy. It also >> does not do very much useful logging for DHCPv6 requests. Certainly >> not enough to keep track of users and devices. >> >> So, my questions are: >> >> >> How are you doing DHCPv6 with Prefix Delegation? >> >> What software are you using? >> >> >> When DHCPv6 with Prefix Delegation seems to be about the only way to >> deploy IPv6 to end users in a generic device-agnostic fashion, I am >> wondering why it is so difficult to find a working solution. >> >> thanks, >> -Randy >> >> -- >> | Randy Carpenter >> | Vice President - IT Services >> | Red Hat Certified Engineer >> | First Network Group, Inc. >> | (800)578-6381, Opt. 1 >> ---- >> >> >> >>
