From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 24 18:54:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52ED3106566C for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:54:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nslay@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C17D8FC08 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:54:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nslay@comcast.net) Received: from OMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.28]) by QMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id jPCx1b0010cQ2SLADWh65M; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:41:06 +0000 Received: from LIGHTBULB.LOCAL ([68.35.224.189]) by OMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id jWh31b00R45o48c8WWh5XD; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:41:06 +0000 Message-ID: <49F2077D.2060701@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:39:57 -0400 From: Nathan Lay User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090406) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Jakeman References: <49F1128A.3080501@comcast.net> <49F1E2E7.5010703@lancaster.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <49F1E2E7.5010703@lancaster.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPv6 Ideas X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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, 24 Apr 2009 18:54:15 -0000 Matthew Jakeman wrote: > Nathan Lay wrote: >> I started playing with IPv6 on my home network with the intent to >> transition over. While many things work quite well, IPv6 technology >> in general still seems to have some rough edges. >> >> In terms of FreeBSD support, rtadvd and rtsol do not yet support >> (easily? -O option in rtadvd/rtsold) RFC5006 (Router Advertisements >> Option for DNS Configuration) which make it inconvenient to use >> mobile devices (like laptops) on an IPv6 network. I haven't had much >> luck with net/radvd. > > What are your problems with using radvd? I have used it quite a bit on > FreeBSD (6.1) without any hassle. It's even written quite nicely in my > experience so working on patches for it should be quite do-able if > there are features missing. > radvd actually does support DNS advertisement (but rtsol doesn't, so it doesn't matter). The problem is, it doesn't work. on 7-STABLE it dumps "Can't assign requested address." I think it has something to do with if_bridge not having a link-local address (apparently the standards are ambiguous about link-local addresses on bridges). To make rtadvd work, I had to tell it to advertise on bridge-member interfaces directly. Best Regards, Nathan Lay