[support] Does mip6daemon support DHCPv6?

[Angel Bartomeu Bonillo]

By the way. Could you give me any info on where to find in the code the part
that deals with the Route Advertisement Reception?

Thanks

2009/4/20 Angel Bartomeu Bonillo <angelbartomeu at gmail.com>

> Thank you for your quick answers.
> I'll tell you if I check it.
>
> Greetings
>
> 2009/4/20 Arnaud Ebalard <arno at natisbad.org>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> Angel Bartomeu Bonillo <angelbartomeu at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > So, how does the mip6daemon detects the new configured IP addresses?.
>>
>> Via netlink.
>>
>> > Does it detect them once the kernel has already configured the new IP
>> > through the standar stateless procedure or does the mip6daemon itself
>> > take part in the stateless configuration procedure?
>>
>> In fact, UMIP disables kernel processing of RA and emission of RS. It
>> sends RS directly and then processes received RA in order to configure
>> addresses (via netlink). It is only when it receives the notification
>> that it knows the address as been configured (which triggers the
>> movement). UMIP also install the routes by itself (with specific metric
>> based on configured interface preference).
>>
>> > If the mip6d doesn't really do the stateless autoconfigutation procedure
>> by
>> > itself, why isn't it able to detect and bind an IP configurated by
>> DHCPv6?
>>
>> Well, if an external process (say a DHCPv6 daemon) configures an IP on
>> an interface and a route, the address will be seen by UMIP via netlink
>> (i.e. this should be ok) but chances are high the metric of the route
>> will be incorrect (too low priority, i.e. too high value like 1024) and
>> will prevent anything to happen with that interface/address.
>>
>> Can you test if I am correct?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> a+
>>
>
>
>
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> Ángel Bartomeu Bonillo.
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>



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Ángel Bartomeu Bonillo.
C/ Federico García Lorca 28º Esc1 Bajo  B
30009 Murcia (España)
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