Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:25:56 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?xYF1a2FzeiBXxIVzaWtvd3NraQ==?= <lukasz@wasikowski.net> To: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipv6_addrs_IF aliases in rc.conf(5) Message-ID: <50D5C2F4.1070104@wasikowski.net> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B7WWSc9ORJQnvaVA0QVnwf4i=wEJ-%2BcYiOqQK3wDUDzL=TGTA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2B7WWSftYL7zjdXmSbapXHJvSAMJrKY2Un6yt4L=RkOu1eq8mw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSe8Qx17ZMjdugSJQKEsqXcJ0Ds1hHUZi-3mMw2KN971RA@mail.gmail.com> <50D1C553.9060100@wasikowski.net> <CA%2B7WWSewg%2BQqcn1L508tAiBY1zLQfne6AC6w7oAco3y=efcX9w@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSeibFGNSwtjUeK-U6irj6axGftAHJC2eYU3tQoeM0JRpA@mail.gmail.com> <20121220132750.GB99616@stack.nl> <CA%2B7WWSdqjkZq1y0dyxV9LiycNA0V%2BCyEKt9x0d%2BWJaaWC4SXSg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSc-VwdmYBEtZwO03x-p2o7-eUr9bWrhMhjBCUSah_0v_A@mail.gmail.com> <50D4F2E4.7020600@wasikowski.net> <CA%2B7WWSc9sR74RT=oMT8uSBmNYrK-80t7Y8KKZx9JxuVE4drXBA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSdM=45i5knYHUa_Nq=2dta4ek8Q%2Bp3g_Bf697d7_i__QA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSc9ORJQnvaVA0QVnwf4i=wEJ-%2BcYiOqQK3wDUDzL=TGTA@mail.gmail.com>
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W dniu 2012-12-22 04:41, Kimmo Paasiala pisze: >>> It looks like the reason for the difference to ipv4_addrs_IF is that >>> the "alias" parameter for ifconfig(8) operates differently for IPv6 >>> addresses, the first address of an interface can't be added with >>> "alias", for IPv4 it does not care. I'll have to dig deeper but that's >>> what the problem seems to be. >>> >>> -Kimmo >> >> The 'alias' parameter of ifconfig(8) is not the problem on the first >> ipv6 address, I have verified that. However, there's probably >> something in network.subr or /etc/rc.d/netif that I have overlooked >> and causes my code to be skipped if there's no ifconfig_IF_ipv6 >> variable defined in rc.conf(5). >> >> -Kimmo > > Yeah, this is problem in network.subr. An interface is not recognized > as IPv6 capable if the interface is not in "ipv6_network_interfaces" > and there's no "ifconfig_IF_ipv6" in rc.conf(5), bummer. For IPv4 it > "just works" because the interface is always assumed to be IPv4 > capable. Ok, I used ifconfig_em0_ipv6="up" and it worked. So it looks like this: ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="NO" ipv6_network_interfaces="em0" ifconfig_em0_ipv6="up" ipv6_addrs_em0="2001:6a0:1cb::1-ff/64" ipv6_defaultrouter="2001:6a0:1cb::ffff" Good job, thank you! :) -- best regards, Lukasz Wasikowski
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