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Date:      Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:42:50 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com>, freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ipv6 / rtadv problem
Message-ID:  <71147117-D87B-4F36-9838-238E144BB51F@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <0C27BDBF-1F22-4DFD-A1A5-48D0BD1618BC@gsoft.com.au>
References:  <451C39DA-76B9-4767-9FFC-24F2A182E301@dons.net.au> <AANLkTinaELN40kvgDrjN0=iPT1KJNS=P2duFEk7jRS2W@mail.gmail.com> <0C27BDBF-1F22-4DFD-A1A5-48D0BD1618BC@gsoft.com.au>

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On 29/03/2011, at 8:29, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On 29/03/2011, at 1:37, Sergey Kandaurov wrote:
>> 1) ipv6_enable is obsolete in HEAD, see UPDATING.
>=20
> Ahh UPDATING, of course, thanks :)
>=20
>> 2) Normally hosts ignore rtadv packets if ipv6_gateway_enable is also
>> set (as per rfc4861).
>> All you need is something like ifconfig_em0_ipv6=3D"inet6 =
accept_rtadv"
>=20
> Great, it works!

I spoke a little too soon, I could not connect to a remote host until I =
did some pings, eg..
maarsy-acq:~>telnet -NK6 ipv6.google.com 80
Trying 2404:6800:8004::68...
^C
maarsy-acq:~>ping6 metatron
PING6(56=3D40+8+8 bytes) 2001:44b8:7c07:5581:225:90ff:fe32:91e --> =
2001:44b8:7c07:5581:204:61ff:fe79:276f
16 bytes from 2001:44b8:7c07:5581:204:61ff:fe79:276f, icmp_seq=3D0 =
hlim=3D64 time=3D0.507 ms
16 bytes from 2001:44b8:7c07:5581:204:61ff:fe79:276f, icmp_seq=3D1 =
hlim=3D64 time=3D0.247 ms
^C
--- metatron.gsoft.com.au ping6 statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev =3D 0.247/0.377/0.507/0.130 ms

maarsy-acq:~>telnet -NK6 ipv6.google.com 80
Trying 2404:6800:8004::68...
Connected to ipv6.l.google.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
^]
telnet> q

This is repeatable after a reboot, I haven't experienced with FreeBSD =
8.x.

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