IPv6 Deployment for the LAN

[cra at WPI.EDU (Chuck Anderson)]

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 01:29:54PM -0400, TJ wrote:
> You say hacks, others see it as relatively-speaking simple additions of more
> functionality.
> You can define any options you want for DHCPv6, write a draft and get
> community support.
> I don't see how that ("continuously evolving DHCPv6 hacks") is any better
> than what is happening with RAs?

The difference is that I don't have to wait for my switch/router 
vendor to implement RA extensions, I can just implement it myself in 
an open source DHCPv6 server.  Software that is embedded in hardware 
is very hard to get changed.