Re: radvd, BIND and DHCP

From: David Goodenough (david.goodenough_at_btconnect.com)
Date: 05/18/04 

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 22:00:07 +0100

Mark Hackett wrote:

> OK, a little query here. Been trying to get an answer all over the place,
> but no examples of how to set this up, so I haven't been able to work it
> out myself.
>
> Hope someone can help.
>
> I have a server which has BIND and DHCP on it.
>
> With IPv4, I can have a client attach as "Arthur" and the DNS entries will
> be updated automatically. I can then ping Arthur using its name from all
> my machines on my small network.
>
> How do I do this with IPv6? Or is the reason I am not getting the answer
> because it isn't necessary?
>
> I.e. I want to use IPv6, which I can set up with radvd running on the
> server. However, how do I get DNS to update the A6 records? Without that,
> I cannot ping6 arthur, I have to ping6 3ffe:109a:f45:93e3:... Not so easy.
>
> Cheers.
Surely part of the answer is that with V6 you do not use DHCP, the address
is built of two parts, the network address and the MAC address of the
network card. So as long as your machine stays on the same network it
will always have the same address, and the DNS entry remains valid.

David

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