Internet Draft DHCP for IPv 6 22 November 2000

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCP) enables DHCP servers to pass configuration parameters such as IPv6 network addresses to IPv6 nodes. It offers the capability of automatic allocation of reusable network addresses and additional configuration flexibility. This protocol is a stateful counterpart to ‘‘IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration’’ [14], and can be used Bound, Carney, Perkins, Droms (ed.) Expires 1 May 2001 [Page i] Internet Draft DHCP for IPv6 22 November 2000 separately or concurrently with the latter to obtain configuration parameters. Bound, Carney, Perkins, Droms (ed.) Expires 1 May 2001 [Page ii] Internet Draft DHCP for IPv6 22 November 2000