DHCPv6 and Mac OS X

[james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com>]

On Aug 3, 2007, at 14:13, Ralph Droms wrote:
> OS X is a somewhat more interesting case, as I don't know of a  
> DHCPv6 client for OS X as yet.

There isn't one, and I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it in Mac  
OS X 10.5 if I were you.  Careful examination of Apple's developer  
pages and technical specifications will show no mention of DHCPv6  
showing up in Mac OS X any time soon.

I can't say when, or even *whether*, Apple products will contain  
DHCPv6 clients.  Certainly, none of Apple's products in the market  
today are DHCPv6-enabled, so networks that require DHCPv6 will not  
admit any of them.  That includes iPhone, AppleTV and AirPort, all of  
which support IPv6 at least to some extent.  (Okay, I haven't poked  
at my new iPhone enough to know what they did with IPv6 there.  They  
*might* have turned it off.  I don't know.)


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james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com>
member of technical staff, communications engineering