misc/122320: Need to use ipv6_enable="YES" even when it is obvious

Paul Hoffman phoffman at proper.com
Mon Mar 31 18:50:01 PDT 2008


>Number:         122320
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Need to use ipv6_enable="YES" even when it is obvious
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 01 01:50:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Paul Hoffman
>Release:        7.0-RELEASE
>Organization:
self
>Environment:
FreeBSD justv6.proper.com 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008     root at logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
/etc/rc.conf has:
ipv6_network_interfaces="sis0"
ifconfig_sis0="inet6 2001:470:8095::2 prefixlen 48"
ipv6_defaultrouter="2001:470:8095::1"

ifconfig shows the right IPv6 address, and the box can ping 2001:470:8095::1. However, it can't get anywhere off the local network. 'netstat -r' shows that there is no default route, even though the ipv6_defaultrouter was specified.

Adding:
ipv6_enable="YES"
fixed the problem. There seems to be some ipv6ish things that require that line, while lots of other ipv6ish stuff doesn't.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
For the user:
ipv6_enable="YES"

For the OS: not sure. Maybe don't require that if you see other IPv6ish things such as ifconfigs and ipv6_defaultrouter.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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