Dynamic Configuration of Host IPv6 Settings
By the time IPv6 was created back in the early to mid 1990s, the world had a decade or two of experience with IPv4. That experience with IPv4 had already shown the need for hosts to dynamically learn their IPv4 settings, including the host’s IPv4 address. By the time IPv6 was being created, DHCP for IPv4 had already become the preferred IPv4 solution to allow hosts to dynamically learn their IPv4 address and other settings.
DHCP worked well for IPv4, so creating a version of DHCP for IPv6 (DHCPv6) made perfect sense. However, while DHCP has many advantages, one possible disadvantage is that DHCP requires a server which keeps information about each host (client) and their address. The designers of IPv6 ...
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