From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 01:50:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C814F106566C; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@sunsaturn.com) Received: from sunsaturn.com (mail1.sunsaturn.com [IPv6:2001:49f0:4004::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F7328FC08; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:50:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by sunsaturn.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3BA64119CAE; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:50:33 -0600 (CST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=sunsaturn.com; s=gamma; t=1321926633; bh=pcIDZx2PWd3keyjDHKMmNeKLVn7QfPNnaoVADUyQDGo=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=DpZK7bSiAalGonzBP+oExlXpIRUMen0DbiuaI+Hf2MGT92ke7VTewQYk+1R+Zs1vV ZK5oFZ3gFq0QYG+CSMGS+MPOkUI5IFrk5Qdg373HEq451XJj4wsgCfvZENzXr7A+CA wZ/QaaWKbfz21UZ954RyvoH6Mgs/ROwnIPJ/6564= Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sunsaturn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35C52119CAA; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:50:33 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:50:33 -0600 (CST) From: Dan The Man To: Doug Barton In-Reply-To: <4ECAFE36.1060705@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: References: <5F3A6014-8DD4-4FDF-88E4-2DFF2322F963@lassitu.de> <4ECAFE36.1060705@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Stefan Bethke Subject: Re: rc.conf changes IPV6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:50:34 -0000 Good point, I did switch to new config, let me find a box I can take down and I'll report back. I assume you'd be right considering how shell scripting works, that would not make much sense... Dan. -- Dan The Man CTO/ Senior System Administrator Websites, Domains and Everything else http://www.SunSaturn.com Email: Dan@SunSaturn.com On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Doug Barton wrote: > On 11/21/2011 17:39, Dan The Man wrote: >> >> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Stefan Bethke wrote: >> >>> Am 21.11.2011 um 20:25 schrieb Dan The Man: >>> >>>> I notice we have changed way IPV6 is done in rc.conf now. >>>> I assume someone will update: >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-ipv6.html >>>> >>>> >>>> My question now concerns aliases, and what the norm will end up being. >>>> Here is example below: >>>> Here we have the new layout with IPV6, the below works fine, however >>>> since >>>> the ifconfig lines for IPV4 and IPV6 are essentially the same other >>>> than the actual "inet" and "inet6", will it be ok to start with >>>> alias0 for both IPV4 and IPV6, or should I in this example be >>>> starting at alias4 for IPV6? >>>> I would like idea to keep it way it is each protocal starting at alias0. >>>> >>>> >>>> #GATEWAY >>>> defaultrouter="67.159.46.233" >>>> hostname="sunsaturn.com" >>>> #IPV4 >>>> ifconfig_em1="inet 67.159.46.238 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias0="inet 67.159.46.234 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias1="inet 67.159.46.235 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias2="inet 67.159.46.236 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias3="inet 67.159.46.237 netmask 255.255.255.248" >>>> >>>> #IPV6 >>>> ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" >>>> ipv6_network_interfaces="em1" >>>> ipv6_defaultrouter="2001:49f0:4004:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001" >>>> ifconfig_em1_ipv6="inet6 2001:49f0:4004:0000:0000:0000:0000:0002 >>>> prefixlen 48" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias0="inet6 2001:49f0:4004:0000:0000:0000:0000:0003 >>>> prefixlen 48" >>>> ifconfig_em1_alias1="inet6 2001:49f0:4004:0000:0000:0000:0000:0004 >>>> prefixlen 48" >>> >>> Remember that rc.conf follows shell syntax and sematics, so the second >>> _alias0 and _alias1 will overwrite the previous ones. >>> >>> In 9.0 you can use the ipv4_addrs_ variable to set both the >>> IPv4 "main" address as well as "alias" addresses, see rc.conf(5). >>> There doesn't seem to be an equivalent IPv6 option, as best as I can >>> tell. >> >> You would assume so Stefan, that the duplicate alias0 would overwrite, >> but it seems since ifconfig separates the namespace for IPV4/IPV6 it >> actually works. > > I don't see how that could possibly be true, how have you tested it? > > > Doug > > -- > > "We could put the whole Internet into a book." > "Too practical." > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ > >