Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:55:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> To: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPv6 & Bridging don't work together Message-ID: <200004291755.TAA37947@info.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <390AE138.7871AC31@quack.kfu.com> from Nick Sayer at "Apr 29, 2000 06:18:48 am"
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Nick, are you sure the problem does not depend upon having bridge_ipfw=1 ? I don't think there is anything else IPv4-specific in the bridging code, if it was we would also have problems with IPv4/IPX and other non-ip protocols. cheers luigi > Alas, > IPv6 does not appear to work correctly with the bridge. > > If I configure the interface on one side of the bridge, it is not > ping6able by > hosts on the other side. If I configure both sides with separate > prefixes, then > both of the prefixes show up on all of the hosts. > > I don't really care if I can bridge IPv6 or not, truth be told. With > IPv6 the > vast number of subnets makes it unnecessary to bridge. But I need to be > able to > either keep the two interfaces totally separate despite the bridging of > other > protocols (specifically IPv4) or I need bridging to work correctly. > Either way. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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