Re: Question on DHCPv6 address assignment

2014-02-03 Thread Eric Vyncke (evyncke)
Fernando Wrt to the Cisco DHCPv6 server (CNR): 1) sequential or random per configuration (can send multiple IA_NA/IA_TA if there are multiple prefixes configured for this link) 2) while client can send a 'hint' to re-use previous addresses, the server can do the same thing, we called this

Re: Question on DHCPv6 address assignment

2014-02-03 Thread Mark Boolootian
Infoblox uses the ISC DHCP code. I'm thin on details. 1) What's the pattern with which addresses are generated/assigned? Are they sequential (fc00::1, fc00::2, etc.)? Random? Something else? The manual says When the server grants IPv6 leases, it uses an algorithm based on the DUID of the

Re: Question on DHCPv6 address assignment

2014-02-01 Thread Brian E Carpenter
It's also worth noting that the old presumption that MAC-based interface identifiers are normal and anything else is strange is obsolete. See http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-ug-06 which is approved in the RFC queue already and http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-default-iids-00

Question on DHCPv6 address assignment

2014-01-31 Thread Fernando Gont
Folks, I'm wondering about the following two aspects of different DHCPv6 implementations out there: 1) What's the pattern with which addresses are generated/assigned? Are they sequential (fc00::1, fc00::2, etc.)? Random? Something else? 2) What about their stability? Is there any