Configuration and Maintenance of DHCPv6 on the DHCPatriot
To help you begin getting your feet wet with IPv6 and DHCPv6 we have began
supporting these constructs in this new version (v5.1.0) so you can begin testing the
deployment within your networks. We at First Network Group wanted to, as quickly as
possible, provide support for DHCPv6 so that our DHCPatriot customers could begin
testing IPv6 deployment on their networks. To that end, in version 5.1.0, we have added
support for DHCPv6.
The DHCPatriot system now supports DHCPv6 including
Prefix Delegation. A new configuration menu called
DHCPv6 (IPv6), see figure 9.2, has been added with
several areas for configuring networks and subnets related
to DHCPv6.
Currently DHCPv6 standards and the ISC DHCP server
have some limitations which prevent the tracking of
sessions and authentication (as of 6.1.0, sessions are now
tracked). Customers taking advantage of the DHCPv6
features in the DHCPatriot system should do so with testing
in mind, and understand that they may not want to do so on
production networks. We are actively working and engaged in the community as the
RFC’s for these constructs are finalized and made ready for implementation.
When setting up a brand new
DHCPv6 network on the
DHCPatriot system, the first
thing to do is to enter the
Shared Network area (figure
9.3) under the DHCPv6 menu.
A Shared Network is a
container that will hold all of
the subnets that exist together
on a particular customer
facing network. The name
and lease length are set here.
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