Hello there!
I am in the process of implementing IPv6 in the office. The office computers are assigned IPv6 addresses by auto configuration (using network discovery protocol RD and RA). However, I have faced a problem distributing the other information, mainly the DNS server IPv6 addresses!
ISC dhcpd V4.1.1-P1 is supposed to function in a stateless mode but it does not seem to work properly on my RHEL 6.4 server. This is my configuration file (the used IPv6 addresses are faked):
Code:
option dhcp6.name-servers 2beb:beb::1;
option dhcp6.domain-search "example.com";
subnet6 2beb:beb:0:f::/64 {
}
I had to use subnet6, although it does not have any ranges defined, because dhcpd won't listen on any interface if there is no subnet6 configured.
My question is: I can see DHCP6 solicit messages coming from clients but there are no advertises, requests or replies!
02:13:13.303385 IP6 fe80::250:56ff:fea0:68b7.dhcpv6-client > ff02::1:2.dhcpv6-server: dhcp6 solicit
02:13:15.455727 IP6 fe80::250:56ff:fea0:68b7.dhcpv6-client > ff02::1:2.dhcpv6-server: dhcp6 solicit
02:13:19.680067 IP6 fe80::250:56ff:fea0:68b7.dhcpv6-client > ff02::1:2.dhcpv6-server: dhcp6 solicit
What do you think the reason is?
My second question: The clients did no request any information from the DHCP6 server. I had to emulate a DHCP6 solicit message with dhclient -6
Why? How can I get the clients to request the IPv6 addresses of the DNS servers from the DHCP6 server?
Thanks!
Firas
