Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:41:13 GMT From: Olivier Cochard-Labbé <olivier@cochard.me> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/170223: IPv6 configuration section for 9.x is incorrect Message-ID: <201207272141.q6RLfDIc085060@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201207272150.q6RLo6EY012818@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 170223 >Category: docs >Synopsis: IPv6 configuration section for 9.x is incorrect >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 27 21:50:06 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Olivier Cochard-Labbé >Release: 9.1-prerelease >Organization: BSDRP >Environment: FreeBSD R1 9.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Jul 26 15:04:16 CEST 2012 root@orange.bsdrp.net:/usr/obj/BSDRP.amd64/usr/local/BSDRP/FreeBSD/src/sys/BSDRP-AMD64 amd64 >Description: Hi, the section "32.12.5.1 IPv6 Client Settings" of the handbook is wrong. It says: To have rtsol(8) autoconfigure your interface on boot on FreeBSD 9.x and later, add: ipv6_prefer="YES" to rc.conf. => This is totally wrong, if you put ipv6_prefer on a 9.x it will say: "WARNING: $ipv6_prefer is obsolete. Ignored." A working method on a 9.0 is to configure the rc.conf like this: ipv6_enable="YES" ipv6_network_interfaces="em0" A working method on a 9.1-prerelease is to configure the rc.conf like that: ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" ifconfig_em0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv" (without the last line, the interface will not accept the rtadv: Then no global address neither default route). Regards, >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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