25. Stateful Auto-Configuration

• Requires human intervention

• Uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)

• DHCPv6 server:

  • uses IP address range specified by the network administrator

  • maintains a list of nodes

  • maintains information about node states

  • manages IP address availability

• DNS servers with DHCPv6:

  • DNS servers not configured through router discovery.

  • DHCPv6 automatically configures the IPv6 addresses of DNS servers.