Implements the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) networks in accordance with RFC 3315 : Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6). Consists of dhcp6s(8), the server DHCP daemon, and dhcp6r(8), the DHCPv6 relay agent. Install this if you want to support dynamic configuration of IPv6 addresses and parameters on your IPv6 network. See man dhcp6s(8), dhcp6r(8), dhcp6s.conf(5), and the documentation in /usr/share/doc/dhcpv6* .