Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 115
Abstract: This document specifies the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6), an extensible mechanism for configuring nodes with network configuration parameters, IP addresses, and prefixes. Parameters can be provided statelessly or in combination with stateful assignment of one or more IPv6 addresses and/or IPv6 prefixes. DHCPv6 can operate either in place of or in addition to stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC). This document obsoletes RFC 8415. It incorporates verified errata and obsoletes the assignment of temporary addresses (the IA_TA option) and the server unicast capability (the Server Unicast option and UseMulticast status code).
Publication Date: 2026-01-01
Status Note: Internet Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC9915
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9915
Author(s): Tomek Mrugalski
Bernie Volz
Michael Richardson
Sheng Jiang
Timothy Winters
Keyword(s): DHCPv6, IPv6, DHCP

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Normative Reference(s)

IETF RFC 768 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1035 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4291 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4861 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4862 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6221 [Active*]
RFC6355 — RFC6355 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 7227 [Active*]
RFC7934 — RFC7934 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 8085 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8174 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8200 [Active*]
RFC8213 — RFC8213 EXTERNAL

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10.1109-IEEESTD.2021.9650828 — IEEE8802.1x EXTERNAL
IANA, "Hardware Types", <https://www.iana.org/assignments/arp-parameters>. EXTERNAL
IANA, "Private Enterprise Numbers", <https://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers>. EXTERNAL
IANA, "Option Codes", <https://www.iana.org/assignments/dhcpv6-parameters>. EXTERNAL
Broadband Forum, "IPv6 for PPP Broadband Access", TR-187, Issue: 2, February 2013, <https://www.broadband-forum.org/pdfs/tr-187-2-0-0.pdf>. EXTERNAL
IANA, "Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers", <https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-interface-ids>. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2131 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2464 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3162 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3290 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3629 [Active*]
RFC3646 — 3 EXTERNAL
RFC3769 — RFC3769 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 4193 [Active*]
RFC4477 — RFC4477 EXTERNAL
RFC4704 — RFC4704 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 4943 [Active*]
RFC4957 — RFC4957 EXTERNAL
RFC4994 — RFC4994 EXTERNAL
RFC5007 — RFC5007 EXTERNAL
RFC5453 — RFC5453 EXTERNAL
RFC5612 — RFC5612 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 5905 [Active*]
RFC5908 — RFC5908 EXTERNAL
RFC6059 — RFC6059 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 6422 [Active*]
RFC6603 — RFC6603 EXTERNAL
RFC6879 — RFC6879 EXTERNAL
RFC6939 — RFC6939 EXTERNAL
RFC7084 — IPv6-CPE EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 7136 [Active*]
RFC7341 — RFC7341 EXTERNAL
RFC7368 — RFC7368 EXTERNAL
RFC7513 — RFC7513 EXTERNAL
RFC7598 — RFC7598 EXTERNAL
RFC7610 — RFC7610 EXTERNAL
RFC7707 — RFC7707 EXTERNAL
RFC7721 — RFC7721 EXTERNAL
RFC7824 — RFC7824 EXTERNAL
RFC7844 — RFC7844 EXTERNAL
RFC7943 — RFC7943 EXTERNAL
RFC7969 — RFC7969 EXTERNAL
RFC8168 — RFC8168 EXTERNAL
RFC8357 — RFC8357 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 8415 [Superseded*]
RFC8947 — RFC8947 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 8981 [Active*]
RFC8987 — RFC8987 EXTERNAL
RFC9096 — RFC9096 EXTERNAL
RFC9243 — RFC9243 EXTERNAL
RFC9686 — RFC9686 EXTERNAL

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IETF RFC 10001 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9926 [Active*]