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With IPv6 RAs, there's no need for DHCPv6. I don't use it at all and I use IPv6 just fine on mobile. One place where DHCPv6 may make some sense is the router<->
by kiwijamo 2y ago
With IPv6 RAs, there's no need for DHCPv6. I don't use it at all and I use IPv6 just fine on mobile. One place where DHCPv6 may make some sense is the router<->WAN/ISP connection. However once your router has a IPv6 prefix, it can easily advertise it on your LAN/WLAN for devices to capture it via IPv6 RAs for its IPv6 autoconfiguration which Just Works. Given that Android devices will attach to a WLAN router (and not directly to your WAN/ISP) it makes sense for there to be no DHCPv6 as it's not necessary for end user devices that aren't expected to be attached directly to the WAN/ISP.
- kccqzy 2y agoMy home network doesn't use stateful DHCPv6 either. I agree there's no need. The bigger thing is carrying this "you don't need it" attitude to a product used by billions. Thousands of network operators who do not believe in "you don't need it" are now forced to make their network work for Android. If those purists had guts they should go to the IETF and formally deprecate stateful DHCPv6.