Re: IPv6 networking stops on FreeBSD some time after boot

From: Farooq Karimi Zadeh <hapu_at_riseup.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:09:48 UTC
On 9/24/26 18:37, Farooq Karimi Zadeh wrote:
> On 9/24/26 18:24, Dmitry Salychev wrote:
>> Farooq Karimi Zadeh <hapu@riseup.net> writes:
>>
>>> On 9/24/26 13:43, Marek Zarychta wrote:
>>>> On 24.09.2026 at 09:18, Farooq Karimi Zadeh wrote:
>>>>> This is output of "ndisc6 fe80::1 vtnet0":
>>>>> Soliciting fe80::1 (fe80::1) on vtnet0... Target link-layer
>>>>> address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx from fe80::1
>>>> BTW, aren't you blocking icmp6 with any firewall ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't have any firewall running.
>>
>> Not on your FreeBSD installation, but there could a firewall running by
>> the hoster itself, e.g. Netcup has such an option, but they don't block
>> icmp6 by default IIRC.
>>
>>>
>>>> Am 24.09.26 um 09:18 schrieb Farooq Karimi Zadeh:
>>>>> This is output of "ndisc6 fe80::1 vtnet0":
>>>>>
>>>>> Soliciting fe80::1 (fe80::1) on vtnet0...
>>>>> Target link-layer address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>>>>>    from fe80::1
>>>> So that is working. Was it when network connectivity was broken?
>>>
>>> Yup.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dmitry
>>
> 
> If they have such a thing, it shouldn't work at all. right? It works for 
> 10-20 minutes since a reboot.
> 
> Another thing I noticed is that when I remove the address 
> fe80::be24:11ff:febd:184b from vtnet0, it starts working again. Sorry 
> for not sharing this earlier...
> 
> Farooq,
> 

However, as weird as it is, that address also exists after boot, and the 
ping works then. But stops working after 10-20 minutes.