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Re:Why is IPv6 so complicated? by BobbyTables2 on Saturday April 18, 2026 @09:47PM (#47821158)
The SLAAC/DHCPv6 combo seems really strange to me.

Either IP/DNS/gateway discovery with one or the other could be tolerable. But allowing combinations such as SLAAC for addressing and DHCP for DNS discovery is lunacy.

It’s as if one said, let’s take the most basic and critical step and make it as complicated as possible and explore the combinatorial explosion…

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Re:Why is IPv6 so complicated? by kalleboo on Saturday April 18, 2026 @10:37PM (#47821370)
The article mentions that DHCPv6 was an afterthought because DHCP itself barely existed when IPv6 was being designed - they were still using things like RARP or BOOTP!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Address_Resolution_Pro...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrap_Protocol

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Re:Why is IPv6 so complicated? by rao-v on Sunday April 19, 2026 @12:29AM (#47821808)
The article does seem to simultaneously claim that IPv6’s design is the result of wierd no longer current pressures but also that it’s perfectly fine and correctly designed.
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