DHCP IPv6 Protocol
This page provides information on the DHCP IPv6 Protocol detected by the Netify DPI engine. The protocol operates on 4 ports registered with the IANA. The port information is provided below.
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
Protocol Ports - RFC
- TCP 546
- DHCPv6 Client
- UDP 546
- DHCPv6 Client
- TCP 547
- DHCPv6 Server
- UDP 547
- DHCPv6 Server
Best Practices
IPv6 hosts may automatically generate IP addresses internally using stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC), or they may be assigned configuration data with DHCPv6.