IPB197: SLAAC and the End of DHCP?

About this episode

The episode discusses the role of Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) in IPv6 networks and the potential preference for DHCPv6 among enterprise operators.

Today our hosts discuss the essential role of Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) in successfully deploying an IPv6-mostly network. SLAAC is required to assign a unique IPv6 address to the Customer-side Translator (CLAT), which allows devices to operate on IPv6. However, enterprise operators might prefer using DHCPv6 for network tracking and accountability, potentially trapping them in ... Read more »

Topics covered

• SLAAC
• DHCPv6
• IPv6
• networking

Keywords

• address autoconfiguration
• network tracking
• accountability

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