NAME

       dibbler-server - a portable DHCPv6 server

DESCRIPTION

       dibbler-server  is  a  portable implementation of the DHCPv6 server. It supports both stateful (i.e. IPv6
       address granting) and stateless (i.e. options granting) autoconfiguration. There are ports available  for
       Linux  2.4/2.6 systems as well as MS Windows XP and 2003. They are freely available under GNU GPL version
       2 (or later) license.

SYNOPSIS

       dibbler-server [ run | start | stop | status | install | uninstall ]

OPTIONS

       run - starts server in the console. Server can be closed using ctrl-c.

       start - starts server in daemon mode.

       stop - stops running server.

       status - shows status of the server.

       install - installs server as a service. This is not implemented yet.

       uninstall - uninstall server service. This is not implemented yet.

EXAMPLES

       Let's assume simple case: server should provide clients located on the eth1 link with IPv6 addresses from
       range 2000::100/120 and should have preference set to 7:

       iface eth0
       {
         preference 7
         class
         {
           pool 2000::100-2000::1ff
         }
       }

       Here  is  exmaple  of server configured to work in a stateless mode (i.e. only options, not addresses are
       served). If client support option renewal, it should do so once in a 500 seconds:

       log-level 7
       log-mode short
       stateless
       iface eth0 {
         option dns-server 2000::100,2000::101
         option domain example.com, test1.example.com
         option ntp-server 2000::200,2000::201,2000::202
         option time-zone  CET
         option sip-server 2000::300,2000::302,2000::303,2000::304
         option sip-domain sip1.example.com,sip2.example.com
         option nis-server 2000::400,2000::401,2000::404,2000::405,2000::405
         option nis-domain nis.example.com
         option nis+-server 2000::501,2000::502
         option nis+-domain nisplus.example.com
         option lifetime 500
       }

       More examples can be found in the User's Guide.

FILES

       All   files   are    created    in    the    /var/lib/dibbler    directory.    Dibbler    server    reads
       /var/lib/dibbler/server.conf  file.  During operation, Dibbler saves various file in that directory.  Log
       file is named client.log.

STANDARDS

       This implementation aims at conformance to the following standards:

       RFC 3315 DHCP for IPv6

       RFC 3319 SIP options for DHCPv6

       RFC 3646 DNS server options for DHCPv6

       RFC 3736 Stateless DHCPv6

       RFC 3898 NIS options for DHCPv6

       Also options specified in following drafts are implemented:

       draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-timeconfig-03.txt NTP and timezone options.

       draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-lifetime-00.txt Option renewal.

BUGS

       Bugs are tracked with bugzilla, available at http://klub.com.pl/bugzilla/. If you belive you have found a
       bug, don't hesitate to report it.

AUTHOR

       Dibbler  was  developed  as  master  thesis on the Technical University of Gdansk by Tomasz Mrugalski and
       Marek Senderski. Currently Marek has not enough free time, so this project is being developed  by  Tomasz
       Mrugalski. Authors can be reached at thomson@klub.com.pl and msend@o2.pl

SEE ALSO

       There is dibbler-client(8) manual page. You are also advised to take a look at project website located at
       http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/.   As  far  as  authors  know,  this  is  the  only  Windows  DHCPv6  stateful
       implementation  available.  It  is  also  one  of  two  freely  available  under  Linux.  The other Linux
       implementation is available at http://dhcpv6.sourceforge.net, but it is rather  outdated  and  seems  not
       being actively developed.