Re: Automatic Configuration of IPv6-over-IPv4 Tunnels

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>]

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Ralph Droms wrote:
> Jonne - thanks for your reply.  After I posted my question, I found
> out through private e-mail that 3GPP2 will use DHCPv6 for configuration
> of a MIP home agent address.
> 
> If I understand your response about 3GPP correctly, there is at least
> one other configuration parameter supplied through DHCPv6.
> 
> It sounds like tunnel configuration through DHCPv6 might still be
> feasible, as both 3GPP and #GPP2 are defining the use of DHCPv6 for
> other configuration information.

Nope.  You really can't set up IPv6 connectivity (v6-in-v4 tunnel) 
using DHCPv6 when you don't have v6 in the first place ;-).

DHCPv6 can only be applied after getting v6 connectivity (whether 
native or a tunnel).

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