Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:39:57 -0400 From: Nathan Lay <nslay@comcast.net> To: Matthew Jakeman <m.jakeman@lancaster.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPv6 Ideas Message-ID: <49F2077D.2060701@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <49F1E2E7.5010703@lancaster.ac.uk> References: <49F1128A.3080501@comcast.net> <49F1E2E7.5010703@lancaster.ac.uk>
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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
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