Address autoconfiguration with DHCPv6

DHCP for IPv6 provides stateful address autoconfiguration for IPv6 nodes.

Stateful address autoconfiguration with DHCPv6 is another process that IPv6 nodes (hosts or routers) can use to automatically configure dynamic IPv6 addresses for interfaces. The node obtains an IPv6 address by sending a DHCPv6 request. After a DHCP server on the network receives the DHCPv6 request from the client, it can assign an IPv6 address to the client. In addition to providing network administrators greater control of addresses used by nodes, DHCPv6 can also provide additional configuration information including DNS settings.