DHCPv6 and MAC Address inclusion

[Ted Lemon]

On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:33 AM, <sthaug at nethelp.no>
 <sthaug at nethelp.no> wrote:
> So let's assume I'm a DHCPv6 server, and I receive the following three
> Solicit messages (all from the same client since they have the same
> DUID):
> 
> 1. (DUID1, IAID2)
> 2. (DUID1, IAID3)
> 3. (DUID1, IAID4)
> 
> Furthermore, assume the two first Solicit messages are sent through
> Ethernet interface 1, and the last Solicit message is sent through
> Ethernet interface 2.
> 
> How can the server differentiate the client interfaces?

It would assume that there are three interfaces, not two.   That's the point of the IAID.   However, typically a client would not do this—it would only send one IAID for each interface.   You'd have to specially configure it to send more.