IPv6 and DHCP

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Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:

> Hi there.
> 
> How, on Ubuntu, does one specify that an interface should obtain an IPv6
> address via DHCP?
> 
> My interfaces work just fine with stateless autoconfiguration, but I
> want to allocate specific addresses to them. /etc/network/interfaces
> doesn't have (according to the manual) a DHCPv6 mode - just static,
> manual and v4tunnel.
> 
> Any ideas?

You can run the radvd (Router Advertisement Demon) on ther server and the
auto stuff on the client will pick it up.
The address assigne will be based on the MAC address of the client NIC.
(that is : always the same, unless you swap the NIC)

Regards,
David