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Date:      Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:36:44 -0400
From:      Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com>
To:        Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPv6 networking problems in 14.3
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> On 17 Sep 2025, at 14:20, Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com> wrote:
> So, on the idea of trying to back-date the whole machine, I have ZFS
> snapshots of the whole root from just before the first upgrade,
> Aug 7/8.  [=E2=80=A6]

Brief update, more to come later I hope.
I don=E2=80=99t know all of the magic of freebsd-update, but I was able =
to
figure/infer that it created versions (clones?) of the root fs
at points of upgrade.  I was able to swap one of those in, leaving
the current system where it was at zroot/ROOT/default.  I=E2=80=99ve set
bootfs to the older 14.1 system and gotten that running.

It _started_ looking bad, doing what the newer system was doing
by sending out SOLICIT6 messages and not getting an answer from my
ISP.  But as Karl noted, if I waited long enough (2ish hours in my
case), it eventually did get an answer!

So, if anyone has suggestions of wise diagnostics to grab while
it=E2=80=99s working, let me know.  Then the next step is to try 4.3
again, and see if it=E2=80=99s failing in the prior way still, or if it =
also
starts by sending SOLICIT6 for a while and maybe after a few hours
will get an answer.  If that doesn=E2=80=99t, I=E2=80=99ll try interface
switching again and other of the prior attempts, but being
more patient will make that process take some days.  So, just
an update that I backed out to an early-August configuration
that is again working, and I=E2=80=99ll try moving back to 14.3 again
in a few days.

- Chris=




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