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IPv6 Autoconfiguration
Neighbor Discovery, as discussed in Chapter 13, coupled with the use
of local- and site-scoped addresses, makes it possible for IPv6 nodes and
networks to use a far wider set of autoconfiguration behaviors than with
IPv4. As IPv6 makes it possible to network almost unimaginable numbers
of nodes, the need for automated configuration tools becomes ever more
important. Anyone who has ever been involved in renumbering an IP
network by hand can attest to the difficulty.
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In this chapter, we will look at three sets of autoconfiguration tools.
Stateful autoconfiguration (DHCPv6) The Dynamic Host Configura-
tion Protocol (DHCP) grew out