[ipv6hackers] Tested Win 7 and Mac OS X

[Owen DeLong]

Which version of MacOS? I have found hat 10.7 and later do actually use DHCP.

Prior to that, MacOS stated there was no DHCP support, so, the behavior you describe
is expected.

Owen

On Nov 10, 2012, at 19:12 , Sam Bowne <sbowne at ccsf.edu> wrote:

> They are both wrong in opposite ways.  Windows 7 
> releases its DHCPv6-assigned address the moment it 
> gets an RA with Managed = 0, and Mac OS X ignores 
> DHCPv6 even when Managed=1, and autoconfigures 
> with SLAAC instead.  
> 
> Very strange!
> 
> Details, screen shots, and a PCAP file here:
> 
> http://samsclass.info/ipv6/proj/FlipFlop.html
> 
> 
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