From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 30 19:14:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49EBB16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:14:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from swin.edu.au (c3p0.cc.swin.edu.au [136.186.1.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D681643F3F for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:14:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au) Received: from pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au (pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au [136.186.229.26]) by swin.edu.au (8.9.3p2-20030918/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA907224 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:14:16 +1100 (EST) From: paul van den bergen To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:14:15 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310311414.15989.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> Subject: IPv6 routing X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 03:14:21 -0000 Hi all, I am attempting to set up some static ipv6 routes on my little network. example: box1 - fec0:0:0:1::1 -------- fec0:0:0:1::2 - box 2 (router) - fec0:0:0:2:1 -------- fec0:0:0:2:2 - box 3 I want to reach from box 1 to box 3 no route6d or anything... this is a really simple network. sysctl net.inet6.ip6.forwarding=1, net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv=0 on box 2 (the router) sysctl net.inet6.ip6.forwarding=0, net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv=1 on boxes 1 and 3 (the hosts). route add -inet6 -net fec0:0:0:2:: -prefixlen 64 -host fec0:0:0:1::2 on box1 box2 can ping6 to box1 and box3 and vise versa. why can't box 1 ping6 box 3? What have I missed? -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au IM:bulwynkl2002 "And some run up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones to pieces wi' hammers, like so many road makers run daft. They say it is to see how the world was made." Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well 1824