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Date:      Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:18:47 GMT
From:      Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/75124: Handbook IPv6 changes
Message-ID:  <200412151918.iBFJIlqZ027663@buffy.york.ac.uk>
Resent-Message-ID: <200412151920.iBFJKPVS059161@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         75124
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Handbook IPv6 changes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 15 19:20:24 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gavin Atkinson
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD buffy.york.ac.uk 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #6: Tue Dec 7 22:37:07 GMT 2004 root@buffy.york.ac.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BUFFY i386

>Description:
	The advanced-networking section on IPv6 misses out one
important stage in the instructions detailing how to configure
an IPv6 router.  A section header also has a misleading title.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Try to set up a machine routing IPv6 following only the
information in section 25.10 of the handbook.
>Fix:

--- hb-ipv6.diff begins here ---
Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.353
diff -u -r1.353 chapter.sgml
--- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml	29 Nov 2004 21:43:35 -0000	1.353
+++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml	15 Dec 2004 19:14:31 -0000
@@ -3914,7 +3914,7 @@
       </sect3>
 
       <sect3>
-	<title>IPv6 Router/Gateway Settings</title>
+	<title>IPv6 &man.gif.4 Settings</title>
 
 	<para>This will help you take the directions that your tunnel provider,
 	  such as the <ulink url="http://www.6bone.net/">6bone</ulink>, has
@@ -3944,6 +3944,17 @@
 	<programlisting>ipv6_defaultrouter="<replaceable>MY_IPv6_REMOTE_TUNNEL_ENDPOINT_ADDR</replaceable>"</programlisting>
 
       </sect3>
+
+      <sect3>
+	<title>IPv6 Router/Gateway Settings</title>
+
+	<para>If the server is to route IPv6 between the rest of your network
+	  and the world, the following <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>
+	  setting will also be needed:</para>
+
+	<programlisting>ipv6_gateway_enable="YES"</programlisting>
+
+      </sect3>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2>
--- hb-ipv6.diff ends here ---


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