Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:50:33 -0600 (CST) From: Dan The Man <dan@sunsaturn.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Subject: Re: rc.conf changes IPV6 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111211947420.99924@sunsaturn.com> In-Reply-To: <4ECAFE36.1060705@FreeBSD.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111211316390.51326@sunsaturn.com> <5F3A6014-8DD4-4FDF-88E4-2DFF2322F963@lassitu.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111211929200.99924@sunsaturn.com> <4ECAFE36.1060705@FreeBSD.org>
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Good point, I did switch to new config, let me find a box I can take down and I'll report back. I assume you'd be right considering how shell scripting works, that would not make much sense... Dan. -- Dan The Man CTO/ Senior System Administrator Websites, Domains and Everything else http://www.SunSaturn.com Email: Dan@SunSaturn.com On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Doug Barton wrote: > On 11/21/2011 17:39, Dan The Man wrote: >> >> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Stefan Bethke wrote: >> >>> Am 21.11.2011 um 20:25 schrieb Dan The Man: >>> >>>> I notice we have changed way IPV6 is done in rc.conf now. >>>> I assume someone will update: >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-ipv6.html >>>> >>>> >>>> My question now concerns aliases, and what the norm will end up being. >>>> Here is example below: >>>> Here we have the new layout with IPV6, the below works fine, however >>>> since >>>> the ifconfig lines for IPV4 and IPV6 are essentially the same other >>>> than the actual "inet" and "inet6", will it be ok to start with >>>> alias0 for both IPV4 and IPV6, or should I in this example be >>>> starting at alias4 for IPV6? >>>> I would like idea to keep it way it is each protocal starting at alias0. >>>> >>>> >>>> #GATEWAY >>>> defaultrouter="67.159.46.233" >>>> hostname="sunsaturn.com" >>>> #IPV4 >>>> ifconfig_em1="inet 67.159.46.238 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias0="inet 67.159.46.234 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias1="inet 67.159.46.235 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias2="inet 67.159.46.236 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias3="inet 67.159.46.237 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> >>>> #IPV6 >>>> ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" >>>> ipv6_network_interfaces="em1" >>>> ipv6_defaultrouter="2001:49f0:4004:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001" >>>> ifconfig_em1_ipv6="inet6 2001:49f0:4004:0000:0000:0000:0000:0002 >>>> prefixlen 48" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias0="inet6 2001:49f0:4004:0000:0000:0000:0000:0003 >>>> prefixlen 48" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias1="inet6 2001:49f0:4004:0000:0000:0000:0000:0004 >>>> prefixlen 48" >>> >>> Remember that rc.conf follows shell syntax and sematics, so the second >>> _alias0 and _alias1 will overwrite the previous ones. >>> >>> In 9.0 you can use the ipv4_addrs_<ifname> variable to set both the >>> IPv4 "main" address as well as "alias" addresses, see rc.conf(5). >>> There doesn't seem to be an equivalent IPv6 option, as best as I can >>> tell. >> >> You would assume so Stefan, that the duplicate alias0 would overwrite, >> but it seems since ifconfig separates the namespace for IPV4/IPV6 it >> actually works. > > I don't see how that could possibly be true, how have you tested it? > > > Doug > > -- > > "We could put the whole Internet into a book." > "Too practical." > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ > >
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