Re: ipv6 / rtadv problem

From: Marcin Cieslak <saper_at_saper.info>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:40:09 +0000 (UTC)
>> Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au> wrote:
>
> On 29/03/2011, at 8:29, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
>> On 29/03/2011, at 1:37, Sergey Kandaurov wrote:
>>> 1) ipv6_enable is obsolete in HEAD, see UPDATING.
>> 
>> Ahh UPDATING, of course, thanks :)
>> 
>>> 2) Normally hosts ignore rtadv packets if ipv6_gateway_enable is also
>>> set (as per rfc4861).
>>> All you need is something like ifconfig_em0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
>> 
>> Great, it works!
>
> I spoke a little too soon, I could not connect to a remote host until I did some pings, eg..
> maarsy-acq:~>telnet -NK6 ipv6.google.com 80
> Trying 2404:6800:8004::68...
> ^C
> maarsy-acq:~>ping6 metatron
> PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2001:44b8:7c07:5581:225:90ff:fe32:91e --> 2001:44b8:7c07:5581:204:61ff:fe79:276f
> 16 bytes from 2001:44b8:7c07:5581:204:61ff:fe79:276f, icmp_seq=0 hlim=64 time=0.507 ms
> 16 bytes from 2001:44b8:7c07:5581:204:61ff:fe79:276f, icmp_seq=1 hlim=64 time=0.247 ms
> ^C
> --- metatron.gsoft.com.au ping6 statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 0.247/0.377/0.507/0.130 ms

Are you having this problem when talking to other v6 in the same LAN?

How does your "netstat -rnf inet6" look like?

Can you reach metatron.gsoft.com.au from your gateway?

//Marcin
Received on Tue Mar 29 2011 - 10:40:23 UTC

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