https://bugs.gentoo.org/471142 snipped from fedora # dhclient -6: bind socket to interface (#1001742) # (Submitted to dhcp-bugs@isc.org - [ISC-Bugs #34784]) diff -up dhcp-4.2.5/common/socket.c.bindtodevice_inet6 dhcp-4.2.5/common/socket.c --- dhcp-4.2.5/common/socket.c.bindtodevice_inet6 2013-09-17 16:47:05.000000000 +0200 +++ dhcp-4.2.5/common/socket.c 2013-09-17 16:48:18.975997842 +0200 @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ if_register_socket(struct interface_info #if defined(SO_BINDTODEVICE) /* Bind this socket to this interface. */ - if ((local_family != AF_INET6) && (info->ifp != NULL) && + if (((do_multicast == 0)||(*do_multicast == 0)) && (info->ifp != NULL) && setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE, (char *)(info -> ifp), sizeof(*(info -> ifp))) < 0) { log_fatal("setsockopt: SO_BINDTODEVICE: %m");