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> Since DHCPv6 is apparently frowned upon by v6 purists, and not all devices on my network support it, that leaves SLAAC.

The main hold out against DHCPv6 is Android:

* https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36949085

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that thread is amazing. Google's stance makes me want to deploy DHCPv6 simply to spite them. I guarantee in 10 years when some Fortune 500 company or top 20 research university IT department, who has no idea about that thread, goes live with a DHCPv6-only IPv6 stack because it's very similar to their IPv4 network, and 30,000 users can't join their Android devices to the campus wifi, this attitude will change

I wouldn't be surprised if some corporate networks standardized on iOS / iPhone / iPads for this reason.

A conference wlan with google engineers attending might be more impactful.

Complains by them? Won't fix (Intended behavior)

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