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Doesn't IPv6 remove broadcast, thus removing DHCP and ARP?

I mean, hosts need to be 'dual stack' to support IPv4 and IPv6 together - whereas TheLoafOfBread's proposal would allow support of both with one backward-compatible stack.



NAT64 is never in a position to need to translate DHCP & ARP, those live fully on one side of NAT64 ("4" side for DHCP & ARP, "6" side for SLAAC/DHCPv6 & NDP).

NAT64 is involved on the level of TCP & UDP, not lower level protocols.


DHCP and ARP use 32-bit addresses, so those protocols had to change regardless.

I would challenge you to find someone who knows the difference between Ethernet broadcast and multicast without looking up the answer. They are very similar mechanisms.




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