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Re:Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6 by bert64 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @01:21PM (#39107346)
They are fully compliant, SLAAC is part of the standard whereas DHCPv6 is an optional extra.

DHCPv6 also does not work without RA. DHCPv6 just assigns an address, a routable prefix, dns servers etc, it does not assign a subnet or any routes, you need route advertisements for that.

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Re:Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6 by ale42 on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @09:43AM (#39117861)
Seen like this, you can also argue that DHCP is an optional extra for IPv4, but it almost essential in most networks. Sure, IPv4 has no SLAAC that can be a valid alternative, but still, given that SLAAC doesn't solve every use case...
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