Synopsis # IPv6 addressing on OpenBSD is typically handled using Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) rather than DHCPv6. The rtadvd(8) daemon provides Router Advertisements (RA) that clients such as slaacd(8) use to self-configure IPv6 addresses and routes without requiring a central DHCPv6 server. In contrast with IPv4, where DHCP is nearly always used for address configuration, OpenBSD’s base system intentionally omits DHCPv6 server functionality. A lightweight DHCPv6 server is av...
