Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:08:12 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPv6 routing help? Message-ID: <giehkk$pip$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <494AC323.9070007@ibctech.ca> References: <giedif$bd0$1@ger.gmane.org> <494AC323.9070007@ibctech.ca>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Steve Bertrand wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: > >> As far as I understand ipv6 (very little), this basically says the >> router told the client it can't send packets to outside addresses with >> source addresses that are link-local. Is this correct? > > I don't know much about 6to4. All of my IPv6 is native, but what you are > saying appears correct. > > It is almost like a translation at the router should be happening, but > it is not. Yes. >> However, adding an ipv6 address to the client, in this case >> 2002:xxyy:xxyy::10/64 doesn't help and breaks even pinging the router's >> external address. It looks to me like I'm missing something important in >> the relation between the link-local and the global addresses, but what? > > In this case, you are implementing the same IP prefix on both sides of > the router, which won't work. I don't follow you - is something significantly different than ipv4? > Try to ping6 www.freebsd.org from the router itself. If that works, the > issue is most certainly the router. If this is the case, hopefully > someone with more 6to4 experience can explain why your router is not > doing the expected thing. IPv6 from and to the "router" (it's actually an ordinary machine doing lots of stuff) works for all purposes. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklKyc0ACgkQldnAQVacBcjyBgCfT3MCxXy4YuIPblNN0GUtO3ya k/gAni8/bA73jS2ESR8/BrATYPM5qdOe =cOud -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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