From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 10 18:24:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9431A1065674 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:24:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ipfreak@yahoo.com) Received: from web52112.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web52112.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.48.115]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4115B8FC1B for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:24:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ipfreak@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 75388 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Feb 2009 18:24:07 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=T7V0svZ+DEPcShFDT1qBNsM8UWE+8CKpeNGhMSBKT1bfnYuGteWDws8+NyzF0xRkBHvZO+8WtK+W8mdQrozZ+4tLsH1MiEZXKkyiUM0SlwInK9FJ51L0f33F1mNn82ff3SNH9I2xxtyMx2d6n6JN/PhwZEwl2FWldX8Ygq6HHvM=; X-YMail-OSG: KJ6JUDAVM1m9lM26KsoC5HJeMeH_gQGUKHTaC.JpmxXxuEd8R06T3kgCvXFe2l7QfMiHVpU6uYacJKNeQjONPsQ4dMI2dobHI01HfCT6eApqEgeuyTQ7g6JAxj59X1wEQpCXukF4lNm6NMGcb.axh1WpLo9sElCvDyq__p9W6Op7FvmmLl.RXWov75EZVul1rsZLJehsQzD1ea2_08JFFRTYgtBzQg-- Received: from [134.207.53.14] by web52112.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:24:07 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:24:07 -0800 (PST) From: gahn To: Steve Bertrand In-Reply-To: <49918F11.2070002@ibctech.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <422087.73333.qm@web52112.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: ipv6 and freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ipfreak@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:24:08 -0000 Thanks for the tips. But i still only see the fe80::..., link-local address, not the fec0:... something as I expected. --- On Tue, 2/10/09, Steve Bertrand wrote: > From: Steve Bertrand > Subject: Re: ipv6 and freebsd > To: ipfreak@yahoo.com > Cc: "freebsd general questions" > Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 6:28 AM > gahn wrote: > > Ok, i meant the configuration of > "ipv6_network_interface="fxp0"" alone > doesn't seem to be working: > > [...] > > > how could I enable IPv6 only on the interface fxp0 > instead of every interface? > > It is possible to completely disable IPv6 on an interface, > but man (8) > ndp recommends against doing this manually. > > However, you can pretty well achieve the same effect by > informing the > interfaces to not accept RAs. > > First (and to answer your next question), enable 'auto > config'. You can > put the next line in /etc/sysctl.conf to enable it at boot > (without the > word 'sysctl'): > > pearl# sysctl net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv=1 > > Now, you can disable acceptance of rtadv messages on > individual > interfaces by: > > pearl# ndp -i fxp1 -- -accept_rtadv > > ...or re-enable: > > pearl# ndp -i fxp1 -- accept_rtadv > > So, I think that this will suit your requirements. The only > difference > being is that although the unused interfaces won't > accept RAs, they will > still have a link-local address. > > Steve