DHCPv6 and MAC Address inclusion

Ted Lemon Ted.Lemon at nominum.com
Thu Jan 26 05:12:59 UTC 2012


On Jan 25, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
Erm... CableLabs actually allows to use the MAC address for identification purposes... It's not as visible as in DHCPv4, but all 3.0 modems include the MAC address as a mandatory part of their Solicit message in the cablelabs vendor space

Yes, that's right.   However, they do it in a CableLabs-specific option, not in a standard DHCP option, so it's only a solution for cable devices.

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