host-identifier with IPv6

Frank Sweetser fs at WPI.EDU
Thu Mar 5 00:36:23 UTC 2009


Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2009, at 5:05 PM, Frank Sweetser wrote:
>> Just to clarify, this would mean that this new relay based MAC address 
>> option
>> would not be present in unicast traffic to the server, correct?  Or 
>> does all
>> client to server traffic go through the relay in DHCPv6, unlike in 
>> DHCPv4?
> 
> Unless the server explicitly turns off multicast, yes, all DHCP traffic 
> from the client is multicast and therefore goes through the relay.

Excellent, that makes adding this feature alot simpler.  Thanks!

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