From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 12 20:58:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D01316A41F for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:58:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (imap.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB5EA43D49 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:57:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 12 Aug 2005 20:57:57 -0000 Received: from flb.schmalzbauer.de (EHLO cale.flintsbach.schmalzbauer.de) [62.245.232.135] by mail.gmx.net (mp014) with SMTP; 12 Aug 2005 22:57:57 +0200 X-Authenticated: #301138 From: Emanuel Strobl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:56:19 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <200508122053.29480@harrymail> <200508122103.45543@harrymail> <20050812204807.GA59974@gargantuan.com> In-Reply-To: <20050812204807.GA59974@gargantuan.com> X-Birthday: Oct. 6th 1972 X-CelPhone: +49 (0) 173 9967781 X-Tel: +49 (0) 89 18947781 X-Country: Germany X-Address: Munich, 80686 X-OS: FreeBSD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1918663.MrqR5t6jPZ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200508122257.52878@harrymail> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: "Michael W. Oliver" Subject: Re: IPv6 site local EUI-64 adresses and jails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:58:01 -0000 --nextPart1918663.MrqR5t6jPZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Am Freitag, 12. August 2005 22:48 CEST schrieb Michael W. Oliver: > On 2005-08-12T21:03:35+0200, Emanuel Strobl wrote: > > Am Freitag, 12. August 2005 20:53 CEST schrieb Emanuel Strobl: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I'm quiet new to IPv6 so I'd like to ask some questions: > >> > >> So far I know how to generate s site-local address on basis of the > >> MAC address of the interface. That's what FreeBSD does itself for > >> INET6 enabled kernels. > > > > Ok, here I found my first error, it's in fact a link-local addres, no > > site-local. If I need a site-local, is it correct to just assign it > > another (almost similar) address, or should I disable link-local > > autogeneration? > > Don't disable link-local address auto-generation. You can assign your > own addresses, based on the /48 you have been given by your provider or > tunnel broker. Something like this.... > > ifconfig fxp0 inet6 3ffe:dead:beef:cafe::/64 eui64 alias Hmmm, that doesn't work here (6.0-beta2): ifconfig fxp0 inet6 fec0::/64 eui64 alias ifconfig: could not determine link local address -Harry > That is only if you want to use auto-configured host addresses based on > the (IHMO) wasteful EUI64 junk... topic for another thread (and list, > probably!). There are lots of differing opinions about the usefulness > of EUI64-based auto-config. --nextPart1918663.MrqR5t6jPZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC/Q1QBylq0S4AzzwRAiwdAJ4+6AniLSzOijk89+KhWWTm0rytHwCfc+v+ W14EC4tnZ8pNaxmaId/YhJc= =qs/k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1918663.MrqR5t6jPZ--