[ntpwg] [dhcwg] Re: Network Time Protocol (NTP) Options for DHCPv6

[Ted Lemon]

On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 19:19 -0800, Danny Mayer wrote:
> No you should be using a DNS name and not IP addresses. The client
> then can use the DNS to lookup the name and get a bunch of IP
> addresses. The new pool option will then configure all of them
> (up to 10) for NTP servers.
 
True, but not really important, since the DHCP server is normally
configured with a domain name, not an IP address.   So it can do the
lookup and return those ten IP addresses to the client.   So you get the
same effect whether you send the FQDN to the client and make it do the
lookup, or do the lookup on the server.   The advantage of doing it on
the server is (1) you don't have to send an FQDN, and (2) the client
doesn't need to have a resolver.