DHCP IPv6 Protocol
This page provides information on the DHCP IPv6 Protocol detected by the Netify DPI engine.
Protocol Description
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version 6 (DHCPv6) is a network protocol for configuring IPv6 hosts with IP addresses.
Please see the protocol catalog page for information on other protocols detected by Netify DPI.
Protocol Details
- ID
- 103
- Full Name
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol IPv6
- Abbreviation
- DHCPv6
- Category Tag
- networking
- Category
- Networking
- Home Page
- DHCP IPv6
- Introduced
- Version 2.88
Best Practices
IPv6 hosts may automatically generate IP addresses internally using stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC), or they may be assigned configuration data with DHCPv6.
Related Protocols
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