Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:47:15 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: Bogdan Webb <bogdan@pgn.ro>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ipv6 rc.conf settings issue Message-ID: <20100109074715.GC83472@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4B4614C6.8090601@ibctech.ca> References: <c81e6afd1001070059h698fc0d2g629977802276c1b9@mail.gmail.com> <4B45F643.9000809@ibctech.ca> <4B46021F.906@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4B4604CF.2040404@ibctech.ca> <4B460815.1040306@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4B4614C6.8090601@ibctech.ca>
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On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 12:07:18PM -0500, Steve Bertrand wrote: > Matthew Seaman wrote: > > Steve Bertrand wrote: > > > >> Hmmm. This config does not work: > >> > >> ifconfig_re0="inet 208.70.104.210 netmask 255.255.255.192" > >> ifconfig_re0_alias0="inet 208.70.104.211 netmask 255.255.255.255" > >> ifconfig_re0_alias1="inet6 2607:f118::b6 prefixlen 64" > >> ifconfig_re0_alias2="inet6 2607:f118::b7 prefixlen 64" > > > > Yep. Try it like this: > > > > ifconfig_re0="inet 208.70.104.210 netmask 255.255.255.192" > > ifconfig_re0_alias0="inet 208.70.104.211 netmask 255.255.255.255" > > ipv6_ifconfig_re0="2607:f118::b6 prefixlen 64" > > ipv6_ifconfig_re0_alias0="2607:f118::b7 prefixlen 64" > > The above works. > > > or, even better, like this: > > > > ipv4_addrs_re0="208.70.104.210/26 208.70.104.211/26" > > ipv6_addrs_re0="2607:f118::b6/64 2607:f118::b7/64" > > Unfortunately, that one does not. I do not get any IPv6 addresses > configured. > > I didn't re-try my original configuration, but I will at another time. > > Both of your recommendations failed until I entered ipv6_enable="YES" in > /etc/rc.conf. I did not have this line prior, yet the addresses were > successfully applied, just no default gateway. > > Either way, thanks much :) > > I will try out your second recommendation again in the future. For now, > problem resolved. > > Cheers! > > Steve This caught my interest this morning so I set up a commented-out trial in /etc/rc.d for my ipv6 entry; the one I had in my database /etc/namedb/* files blew my connection sky-high recently. Does this seem plausible: # ## ipv6 config # # ipv6_enable="YES" # ipv6_defaultrouter="2002:d1b4:d5d2::" # ipv6_default_interface="em0" # ipv6_gateway_enable="YES" given that my Adress record is 209.180.213.210 ? tia, gents, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.79a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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