Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:18:28 +0200 From: Niklaas Baudet von Gersdorff <stdin@niklaas.eu> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: And what about ipv6_defaultrouter? Message-ID: <20160610191828.GE2817@box-hlm-03.niklaas.eu> In-Reply-To: <20160610.225031.1318863285679295699.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <20160610065224.GB2817@box-hlm-03.niklaas.eu> <20160610071254.GC2817@box-hlm-03.niklaas.eu> <20160610.225031.1318863285679295699.hrs@allbsd.org>
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Hiroki Sato [2016-06-10 22:50 +0900] :
> A router does not accept RAs (more strictly, default route
> information in RA) because it is a sender of RAs. However, some
> devices such as CPE need to behave like a host for the uplink and a
> router for the LAN. In that case, an interface on the WAN side has
> to accept RAs and one on the LAN side has to send RAs.
>=20
> On FreeBSD, there is a knob to support it. Set the following
> variable to rc.conf in addition to your current configuration:
>=20
> ipv6_cpe_wanif=3D"vtnet0"
Thanks a lot for pointing that out! I think I read about the variable
somewhere but I was not sure what it actually does. Is there some place
where I can find more detailed explanation about rc.conf and sysctl
settings except man?
> And, $rtsold_enable is not required unless you want to get DNS server
> information from RAs.
Okay, great. I did not know that.
Very nice layout for writing emails by the way.
Niklaas
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