Chapter 11. Stateful DHCPv6

Previous chapters discuss the basics of dynamic IPv6 address allocation and the first two methods of dynamically allocating address information: SLAAC and stateless DHCPv6. This chapter focuses on the third method, stateful DHCPv6. As a reminder, these are the three methods:

Image Method 1: Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC)

Image Method 2: SLAAC and a stateless DHCPv6 server

Image Method 3: Stateful DHCPv6 server

Unlike the first ...

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