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    FQDN for NTP on DHCPv6?

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      nolaquen
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      Apologies if I'm in the wrong place; wasn't sure whether this was more appropriate in DHCP, or in IPv6.

      I'm running a dual stack network. I'd like both DHCP and DHCPv6 to hand out a FQDN, so the host can determine whether to use v4 or v6.

      DHCP on the v4 side works fine. DHCPv6, on the other hand, won't let me use a FQDN on the NTP option. I get an error stating "A valid IPv6 address must be specified for the primary/secondary NTP servers."

      RFC 5908 seems to allow for FQDNs, if I'm reading it right.

      I just wanted to check in before putting in a feature request, to make sure I wasn't missing something on the RFC side, or in my setup. Obviously this is easy enough to work around, but on my IPv6 hosts I'd rather see the FQDN in there than an IPv6 address, if I can do it.

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