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Date:      Wed, 6 Jan 2021 10:19:09 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD does not reply to IPv6 Neighbor SolicitationsNUD
Message-ID:  <20210106031909.GA39200@admin.sibptus.ru>
In-Reply-To: <00d901d6e382$5c3db590$14b920b0$@donnerhacke.de>
References:  <00d901d6e382$5c3db590$14b920b0$@donnerhacke.de>

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Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:
> > $ ifconfig re1
> > re1: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu =
1500
> >
> options=3D8209b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAG=
IC,LI
> NKSTATE>
> >         ether c4:12:f5:33:c9:7c
> >         inet 192.168.170.5/24 broadcast 192.168.170.255
> >         inet6 fe80::c612:f5ff:fe33:c97c%re1/64 scopeid 0x2
> >         inet6 2001:470:ecba:3::5/64
> >         media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
> >         status: active
> >         nd6 options=3D21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>=20
> There is another possibility: The address could be in a tentative or
> duplicate state.
> In such a state the device SHOULD/MUST NOT respond to solicitation messag=
es.
>=20
> This can be caused by a "proxy arp/nd" device, which responds to an addre=
ss
> in
> the local neighbour cache with its own solication message. It might be ev=
en
> a loop.
> We had such cases in the past, so that the device does not activate the I=
Pv6
> address without disabling the NUD (was a windows server). For fixed
> addresses it
> should be save to disable the flag.
>=20
> But this state should be reported by ifconfig.

I expect it should.

>=20
> So, did you try the latest stable?

Not yet.=20

When the situation occurs again, I'll turn on
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_debug=3D0xff as Bjoern A. Zeeb has suggested, maybe
I'll see something useful. Then I'll think of updating the system.

--=20
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/

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