does DHCPv6 provide default gateway
Configuring a Stateful DHCPv6 Server on a Cisco Router
Stateful DHCPv6 is the IPv6 mode that behaves the way DHCPv4 always has: the server assigns the address itself, tracks which client has which address, and hands out supplementary options alongside it — no SLAAC involved on the client side at any point. That’s the core distinction from stateless DHCPv6, and it changes almost every...
How DHCPv6 Operation Works
DHCPv6 doesn’t start the way DHCPv4 does. There’s no equivalent of a client blindly broadcasting into the dark hoping something answers — in IPv6, the very first thing that happens is an ICMPv6 Router Advertisement, and that message is what tells a client whether it should even bother starting a DHCPv6 conversation at all in...