Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:37:14 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do you bring IPv6 live without reboot? Message-ID: <467876BA.2040807@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070620094806.3a95ec40@garlique.algebras.org> References: <20070620094806.3a95ec40@garlique.algebras.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] If memory serves me right, George Michaelson wrote: > on a 6-STABLE host, I added: > > ipv6_enable="YES" > ipv6_network_interfaces="bge1" > > to rc.conf, and ran /etc/rc.d/network_ipv6 > > this did not bring IPv6 live. rtsol reported problems with get_llflag() > calls. However across reboot, the system came up with IPv6 fine. > > Can somebody explain why this won't work if run after the init sequence > has run to completion? What is the sequence of commands that when run > on an active FreeBSD system causes it to successfully bind to IPv6? Hrm. You might also need to invoke /etc/rc.d/auto_linklocal before (I think it's before?) network_ipv6. This script was recently added (during the 6.2 release cycle) as a part of mitigating some security risks related to IPv6 link-local addresses. Bruce. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGeHa62MoxcVugUsMRAtAiAKCalNjdJ8awafl1PyDWGIhiVWHFewCg2Sev mr4FbsrUuurFKuQt1vpzAdw= =BwZx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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