Thanks to all who responded with input about why DHCPv6 should have options for default routers and prefix information. We've published a draft defining these options, which will be discussed at the upcoming IETF meeting in San Francisco.
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
Title : Default Router and Prefix Advertisement Options for DHCPv6
Author(s) : R. Droms, T. Narten
Filename : draft-droms-dhc-dhcpv6-default-router-00.txt
Pages : 7
In some IPv6 deployments, there is a requirement to communicate a
list of default routers and advertised prefixes to a host through
DHCP. This document defines DHCP options to carry that information.
A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-droms-dhc-dhcpv6-default-router-00.txt
Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
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