Stateless Autoconfiguration - Default Gateway

[fjcardenas-1]

My question is:

Can an IPv6 host learn its default gateway using only stateless autoconfiguration or it needs a stateless DHCP to learn the default gateway?

Thanks.

[simontibbitts]

Hello.

Yes - a host can learn its default gateway using stateless autoconfiguration.

For example a Windows machine does it by default. You can use the two DOS commands below to check:

ipv6 if 4

ipv6 rt

Simon