[Kea-users] About Stateless DHCPv6 settings.

[Tomek Mrugalski]

On 27.08.2019 14:16, Yoshihito Horigome wrote:
> I am trying to configure stateless DHCPv6 with reference to the
> documentation[1].
> 
> When set, "Sorry, no prefixes could be allocated." Is output, and a
> message indicating that allocation is not possible is output.

> 2019-08-26 20:40:39.271 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.packets/35] DHCP6_PACKET_SEND
> duid=[00:03:00:01:6c:3b:6b:cf:9b:94], tid=0xcab890: trying to send
> packet ADVERTISE (type 2) from [ff02::1:2]:547 to
> [fe80::8e3b:6bff:fecf:9b94]:546 on interface eth0
> 2019-08-26 20:40:39.272 DEBUG [kea-dhcp6.packets/35] DHCP6_RESPONSE_DATA
> responding with packet type 2 data is localAddr=[ff02::1:2]:547
> remoteAddr=[fe80::8e3b:6bff:fecf:9b94]:546
> msgtype=2(ADVERTISE), transid=0xcab890

Hold on. That doesn't look like stateless at all. You didn't provide
full logs, but I guess your device must have sent SOLICIT, so Kea
reponds with ADVERTISE.

Stateless DHCPv6 is a simplified mode that does not involve assigning
anything (addresses or prefixes) that requires state tracking. Hence the
name stateless. It is used to provide additional configuration options,
such as DNS addresses or domain names. That kind of information is
requested by client sending INFORMATION-REQUEST message and the server
is supposed to reply with REPLY message.

The protocol spec says that if you need any addresses or prefixes, you
are doing stateful and therefore must send SOLICIT rather than INF-REQUEST.

So, if you want an address or prefix assigned, stateless is not for you.
Alternatively, if you want to use stateless, your device should not
request addresses or prefixes and send INF-REQUEST without any IA_NA or
IA_PD options (both are forbidden in INF-REQUEST).

> With statefull DHCPv6, it was possible to assign addresses to client PCs.
> Is there something wrong with the settings?
This looks like misunderstanding what stateless really is.

You may also take a look at
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8415#section-6.1 or now obsoleted RFC3736.

Tomek