ipv6, stateful config and non-default prefixlen

[J.R. Oldroyd]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:48:11 +0500, "Eugene M. Zheganin" <eugene at zhegan.in> wrote:
>
> I have a working rtadvd on a router, and a working DHCPv6 setup.
> But my client FreeBSD still gets  64 prefix length, with or without 
> running rtsold.
> Since DHCPv6 doesn't advertise any routing information at all (including 
> the prefix information), and its only function is to provide the client 
> with an address, I assume that the prefix information has to be received 
> from the router advertisements. I am currently looking at the wireshark 
> dump, and it appears that my workstation is receiving such 
> advertisements. However it doesn't affect the 64 prefix displayed in 
> ifconfig, and all operation involving the nodes outside the actual link 
> are simply not working.
> 
You don't say what prefix length rtadvd is sending or that you're seeing
in the wireshark log.

Do you have prefixlen#120 in your rtadvd.conf?

	-jr