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34.4 DHCP Option 60 and Option 43 Troubleshooting

If problems occur when configuring DHCP option 60 and option 43, please check whether the

problem is caused by the following reasons:

Check whether service dhcp function is enabled

If the address pool configured option 60, check whether it matches with the option 60

of the packets




Chapter 35 DHCPv6 Options 37, 38

35.1 Introduction to DHCPv6 Options 37, 38

DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6) is designed for IPv6 address scheme

and is used for assigning IPv6 prefixes, IPv6 addresses and other configuration parameters to

hosts.

When DHCPv6 client wants to request address and configure parameter of DHCPv6 server

from different link, it needs to communicate with server through DHCPv6 relay agent. DHCPv6

message received by relay agent node is reencapsulated to be relay-forward packets and they

are forwarded to the server which sends the relay-reply packets to DHCPv6 relay agent node

in different link, after that, relay agent node restores DHCPv6 message to DHCPv6 client to

finish communication between client and server.

There are some problems when using DHCPv6 relay agent, for example: How to assign IP

address in the fixed range to the specifiec users? How to avoid illegal DHCPv6 client to forge

IP address exhaust attack triggered by MAC address fields of DHCPv6 packets? How to avoid

illegal DHCPv6 client to trigger deny service attack through using MAC address of other legal

clients? Therefore, IETF set rfc4649 and rfc4580, i.e. DHCPv6 option 37 and option 38 to

solve these problems.

DHCPv6 option 37 and option 38 is similar to DHCP option 82. When DHCPv6 client sends

request packets to DHCPv6 server though DHCPv6 relay agent, if DHCPv6 relay agent

supports option 37 and option 38, they will be added to request packets. For the respond

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