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Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6
- Subject: Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6
- From: dougb at dougbarton.us (Doug Barton)
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:34:13 -0800
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <7187091.752.1298841943188.JavaMail.franck@franck-martins-macbook-pro.local> <[email protected]>
On 02/27/2011 15:08, Owen DeLong wrote:
> Look, can we stop arguing about whether someone needs DHCP or not,
> whether they need SLAAC or not. Let's just get both solutions to a mature
> and useful state where a network administrator can pick the one that works
> best for their environment and move on.
Speaking as an OS implementor, no, please don't do that. :) Let SLAAC
be what it is, and give DHCPv6 feature parity with DHCPv4. Having all
options supported in both methods is N-squared complexity for OS
developers, never mind how difficult it's going to make actually using
the stuff.
Doug
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