From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 11 05:25:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE760106566B for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:25:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1f09:679::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CDED8FC12 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:25:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from unknown (unknown [87.194.158.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D3CBC401D for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:25:51 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:23:49 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091211052349.0000517a@unknown> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2cvs27 (GTK+ 2.16.0; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Running rtadvd or DHCPv6 server via if_bridge interface X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:25:50 -0000 I have a router configured using if_bridge with a 4-port NIC that's serving addresses over DHCP. I'd like to add in either rtadvd or DHCPv6, but neither work because the bridge interface doesn't have an IPv6 link-local address. Is there a way around this, or is it not possible to serve IPv6 addresses over if_bridge interfaces? -- Bruce Cran