December 2019
Beginner
510 pages
12h 7m
English
DHCP is as relatively similar in IPv6 as it is in IPv4, although there is a precursor that takes place before any requests are sent to a DHCP server. That precursor is that the device waits until it hears a router advertisement message before contacting a DHCP server. We mentioned previously that these are sent out regularly, and part of the information that is included in the advertisement is details of any DHCP servers or relay agents in use. If no RA is heard after a period of time, the device sends out multicast transmission addresses to all the DCHP servers and relay agents. The process that follows is this:
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