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Date:      Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:45:10 +0100
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPv6 routing help?
Message-ID:  <gienaj$bfd$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <494ADF40.3060903@ibctech.ca>
References:  <giedif$bd0$1@ger.gmane.org> <494AC323.9070007@ibctech.ca>	<giehkk$pip$1@ger.gmane.org> <494ADF40.3060903@ibctech.ca>

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Steve Bertrand wrote:
> Ivan Voras wrote:
>> Steve Bertrand wrote:
>>> Ivan Voras wrote:
>>>
>>>> As far as I understand ipv6 (very little), this basically says the
>>>> router told the client it can't send packets to outside addresses wi=
th
>>>> source addresses that are link-local. Is this correct?
>>> I don't know much about 6to4. All of my IPv6 is native, but what you =
are
>>> saying appears correct.
>>>
>>> It is almost like a translation at the router should be happening, bu=
t
>>> it is not.
>> Yes.
>>
>>>> However, adding an ipv6 address to the client, in this case
>>>> 2002:xxyy:xxyy::10/64 doesn't help and breaks even pinging the route=
r's
>>>> external address. It looks to me like I'm missing something importan=
t in
>>>> the relation between the link-local and the global addresses, but wh=
at?
>>> In this case, you are implementing the same IP prefix on both sides o=
f
>>> the router, which won't work.
>> I don't follow you - is something significantly different than ipv4?
>=20
> Err, no. IPv4 and IPv6 are systematically the same.
>=20
> You stated in the original post that you have, on the router, as its
> 'outside' address:
>=20
> 2002:xxyy:xxyy::1
>=20
> Then, in a subsequent post, you stated that you assigned:
>=20
> 2002:xxyy:xxyy::10 to the client, which I expect is attached to the
> *inside* interface on the router.

Yes, I managed to get confused by the link-local address again. You're
right.


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