Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:40:27 +0000 From: freebsd@jonathanprice.org To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer" Message-ID: <88a42e1006e3fac7508a9419e342f1b2@mail.jonathanprice.org>
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Hello,=0A=0AI am configuring a server with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and ha= ve noticed that FreeBSD seems to be preferring IPv4, such as when establi= shing SSH connections.=0A=0AAfter reading through /etc/defaults/rc.conf, = and later /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl I have come to the conclusion that I have = two ways to tell FreeBSD to prefer IPv6:=0A=0A1) Add ipv6_activate_all_in= terfaces to /etc/rc.conf=0A2) Add ip6addrctl_policy=3D"ipv6_prefer" to /e= tc/rc.conf=0A=0ACould anybody with a little more knowledge on the matter = explain to me which of the two options is more preferential?=0A=0AIf it h= elps, I only have a single NIC in the server, and it does not function as= a gateway.=0A=0AThanks,=0AJonathan.=0A=0A(I do apologise if this email e= nds up being sent as HTML. I haven't tried sending plaintext from this pa= rticular webmail client before).
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