From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 29 15:41:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A9316A4D6 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:41:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from swin.edu.au (c3p0.cc.swin.edu.au [136.186.1.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2626B4402B for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:40:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au) Received: from pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au (pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au [136.186.229.26]) by swin.edu.au (8.9.3p2-20030918/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA739136 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:40:42 +1100 (EST) From: paul van den bergen To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:40:38 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200310301040.38438.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> Subject: IPv6 hassles. X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 23:41:47 -0000 Hi all. I am having troubles understanding and implementing an IPv6 network either there is something wrong with my understanding, or there is something wrong with my implementation/brain... here is my understanding of what is IPv6 under freebsd. in /etc/rc.conf ipv6_enabled="yes" turns IPv6 on. on boot, looks for a router to get info on IP address (address discovery) if no router, fe80:: address created. if router that speaks ipv6, either globally unicast or site local (fec0::) addresses created. because I am in the early stages of messing with this, and also because I want to mess with the addresses etc., I am trying to set up 3 networks using site local addresses. I am manually assigning fec0::299/64, fec0::172/64 and fec0::10/64 networks on the appropriate interface using ifconfig vr0 inet6 fec0:0:0:10::/64 anycast ifconfig vr0 inet6 fec0:0:0:10::/64 eui64 questions I have are... why can't I ping6 between fe80:: addresses on the network? why can't I get static routes to work for the fec0:: addresses (or perhaps a better Q would be _how_ do I set up such routes?) this is not a link layer or physical layer problem because the ipv4 stuff works just fine... btw, fec0::10/64 and fec0::172/64 are via wifi and an AP. -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au IM:bulwynkl2002 "And some run up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones to pieces wi' hammers, like so many road makers run daft. They say it is to see how the world was made." Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well 1824