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List:       ipng
Subject:    Re: IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for NTP Server Configuration
From:       sthaug () nethelp ! no
Date:       2011-12-24 14:53:44
Message-ID: 20111224.155344.41656386.sthaug () nethelp ! no
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> As it is today, to use DHCPv6 the way I want, I must first have my host
> get an IP (the wrong one), figure out what DUID it used, and reconfigure
> my server to give it the one I want it to have. With RA, I don't assign
> the address, but to know what it is, I just look up its MAC address and
> I'm done. With DHCPv4, I look up its MAC address, add it to my server
> configuration and I'm done.
> 
> I don't really care if it's a MAC address per se, but I don't want to
> have to deal with DUID change because of OS reinstallation, change of
> client software, dual-boot, removal & re-adding of the connection
> definition, etc. I can think of reasons why it might be nice to have
> different DUIDs for different OS's, so I don't object to the option, but
> in most cases the current spec hurts (me) more than it helps.

I'm amazed at how the DUID was supposed to be "better than" (more
stable than) a MAC address - and therefore the MAC address wouldn't
be needed), but ends up being worse in too many cases. 

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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