Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:27:46 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: John Dison <jdison16@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to configure another loopback device? Message-ID: <585D4272.2010706@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <1031105507.1010181.1482502206363@mail.yahoo.com> References: <484245134.901856.1482481724608.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <484245134.901856.1482481724608@mail.yahoo.com> <1799694948.900229.1482490080295@mail.yahoo.com> <1031105507.1010181.1482502206363@mail.yahoo.com>
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John Dison via freebsd-net wrote on 2016/12/23 15:10: > Sorry, just noticed damn yahoo mailer eat all line breaks. Resending in plain text (I hope): > > I want to configure lo1 loopback device and assign aliases to it via rc.conf system (at boot). > I also want loopback addresses to remain on lo0. > > What I have: > ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" > ifconfig_lo1_alias0="inet IP4/32" > ifconfig_lo1_alias1="inet6 IP6/128" > cloned_interfaces="lo1" > create_args_lo1="inet6 auto_linklocal" > > > As a result I have: > > 1) inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 is configured on lo1 (I want it to stay at lo0) > 2) IP6 alias is missing from lo1 at all > > I can achieve the desired configuration from command line, but I am unable to do the same via rc.conf. I don't have much experiences with IPv6. Can you post 'ifconfig' output with right (manual) settings and the second one with the wrong settings you have from rc.conf? Miroslav Lachmanhome | help
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