WIDE-DHCPv6 client configuration

The /etc/config/dhcp6c file controls the WIDE-DHCPv6 client package wide-dhcpv6-client configuration. It defines basic properties and interface settings.

A typical default configuration consists of one dhcp6c section with common settings and one or more interface sections, usually covering the lan and loopback networks.

The section of type dhcp6c named basic defines common client settings.

Example:

config 'dhcp6c' 'basic'
        option 'enabled'              '1'
        option 'interface'            'wan'
        option 'pd'                   '1'
        option 'domain_name_servers'  '1'
        option 'script'               '/usr/bin/dhcp6c-state'

All defined options of this section are listed below.

Name Type Required Default Description
enabled boolean no 0 Specifies whether the DHCPv6 client should be started on boot
interface string yes wan Specifies the logical interface name the client is running on
dns string no dnsmasq Specifies the type of DNS server in use to propagate received DNS information. At the time of writing, only dnsmasq is supported
debug boolean no 0 Enables additional debug information in the system log
pd boolean no 1 Requests prefix delegation at the DHCPv6 server
na boolean no 0 Requests a permanent, non temporary address at the DHCPv6 server
rapid_commit boolean no 1 Signalize a rapid commit two message exchange (RFC3315)
domain_name_servers boolean no 1 Request a DNS server addresses
domain_name boolean no 0 Request the domain name
ntp_servers boolean no 0 Request NTP server addresses (RFC5908)
sip_server_address boolean no 0 Request SIP server address (RFC3319)
sip_server_domain_name boolean no 0 Request SIP domain names (RFC3319)
nis_server_address boolean no 0 Request Network Information Service (NIS) server address (RFC3898)
nis_domain_name boolean no 0 Request Network Information Service (NIS) domain name (RFC3898)
nisp_server_address boolean no 0 Request Network Information Service V2 (NIS+) server address (RFC3898)
nisp_domain_name boolean no 0 Request Network Information Service V2 (NIS+) domain name (RFC3898)
bcmcs_server_address boolean no 0 Request Broadcast and Multicast Control Service (BCMCS) address (RFC4280)
bcmcs_server_domain_name boolean no 0 Request Broadcast and Multicast Control Service (BCMCS) domain name (RFC4280)
duid string no (derived from MAC address) Override the DUID used for DHCPv6 requests. The DUID must be specified as a set of at least 7 colon separated heximal digits, e.g. 00:03:00:06:D8:5D:4C:A5:03:F2
script file path no /usr/bin/dhcp6c-state Path of script which is executed when a reply is received

Sections of type interface define on which interfaces delegated prefixes are added and how they're aggregated. This sections are named, the section name corresponds to the covered logical interface.

Example:

config 'interface' 'lan'
        option 'enabled' '1'
        option 'sla_id'  '0'
        option 'sla_len' '8'
  • lan specifies that this section belongs to the LAN interface
  • sla_id 0 selects the 1st subnet out of the delegated prefix
  • sla_len 8 defines that the received prefix is expected to be 56 bits in size (64 - 8 = 56)

The valid options of this section are listed blow.

Name Type Required Default Description
enabled boolean no 0 Specifies whether a prefix should be added on this interface
sla_id integer yes (none) Specifies the site level aggregator identifier (selects the subnet out of the delegated prefix)
sla_len integer yes (none) Specifies the site level aggregator length which is the difference of 64 and the delegated prefix size, e.g. /64 minus /56 from ISP = 8

This example requests a /56 sized prefix and DNS servers on wan and configures two /64 subnets out of the prefix on lan and loopback. The loopback interface gets the first subnet assigned, lan the second.

config 'dhcp6c' 'basic'
        option 'enabled'              '1'
        option 'interface'            'wan'
        option 'pd'                   '1'
        option 'domain_name_servers'  '1'
        option 'script'               '/usr/bin/dhcp6c-state'
 
config 'interface' 'loopback'
        option 'enabled' '1'
        option 'sla_id'  '0'
        option 'sla_len' '8'
 
config 'interface' 'lan'
        option 'enabled' '1'
        option 'sla_id'  '1'
        option 'sla_len' '8'
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  • Last modified: 2019/08/26 10:00
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