--- dhcp6c.conf.sample.orig	Thu Dec  1 07:35:11 2005
+++ dhcp6c.conf.sample	Thu Jul 17 22:32:18 2008
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
-# The followings are a sample configuration for requiring the "stateless"
-# DHCPv6 service.
+# The following is an example for use with IPv6 auto-configuration.
+# The "information-only" statement makes dhcp6c exchange informational
+# configuration parameters with servers. A list of DNS server addresses
+# is an example of such parameters. This statement is useful when the
+# client does not need stateful configuration parameters such as IPv6
+# addresses or prefixes.
+
 interface ne0 {
 	information-only;
 };
 
+# The following is a sample configuration for a client on a LAN
+# where IPv6 addresses are assigned via DHCPv6 ("stateful address
+# assignment"). Use this if you want the client to query the
+# DHCPv6 server for an IPv6 address and for DNS servers, as in
+# traditional IPv4 DHCP.
 
-# The followings are a sample configuration to be delegated an IPv6 prefix
+interface em0 {
+	send ia-na 0;
+	send rapid-commit;
+	send domain-name-servers;
+};
+
+id-assoc na {
+};
+
+# The following is an example configuration for delegation of an IPv6 prefix
 # from an upstream service provider.  With this configuration dhcp6c will
 # send solicit messages containing an IA_PD option, with an IAID 0, on to
 # an upstream PPP link, ppp0.  After receiving some prefixes from a server,
@@ -22,3 +41,20 @@ id-assoc pd {
                 sla-id 1;
         };
 };
+
+# If a shared secret was to be configured in both the client and the server
+# for DHCPv6 authentication, it would be specified in this file as follows:
+
+keyinfo kame-key {
+     realm "kame.net";
+     keyid 1;
+     secret "5pvW2g48OHPvkYMJSw0vZA==";
+};
+
+# And the interface statement would be modified as follows:
+
+interface ppp0 {
+     send ia-pd 0;
+     send authentication kame;
+};
+
