Re: IPv6 status on Debian for workstations / DHCP networks?

Philipp Kern <[email protected]> Fri, 5 Jul 2013 10:12:24 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.ipv6
Organization	The Debian Project (http://www.debian.org)
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Thu, Jul 04, 2013 at 12:10:11PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> For IPv6, radvd is on the router: it is not clear whether dhcpd has to
> run on the router as well or can they be different hosts (e.g. radvd on
> the router and dhcpd on the Debian server)?

They can be on different hosts, although radvd should tell through flags that
dhcp should be used.

> Is it strongly recommended to use any of the other dhcpd servers instead
> of ISC?

Not really. The ISC one works fine.

> Is there a way to configure the interfaces file to "just work" on any
> network, without NetworkManager?

Nope.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern