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		wmf on Feb 14, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NAT Is the Enemy of Low Power Devices The enterprise corrupted IPv6 and disabled SLAAC so devices have to use whatever DHCPv6 gives them.

somanyphotons on Feb 14, 2025 [–]

How does that work for android devices? I heard they don't allow dhcp provided addresses?

wmf on Feb 14, 2025 | [–]

The Android problem only occurs in an IPv6-only enterprise network which is very rare. Otherwise Android can use IPv4.

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