FreeBSD ipv6 rc.conf settings issue

[Gary Kline]

On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 12:07:18PM -0500, Steve Bertrand wrote:
> Matthew Seaman wrote:
> > Steve Bertrand wrote:
> > 
> >> Hmmm. This config does not work:
> >>
> >> ifconfig_re0="inet 208.70.104.210 netmask 255.255.255.192"
> >> ifconfig_re0_alias0="inet 208.70.104.211 netmask 255.255.255.255"
> >> ifconfig_re0_alias1="inet6 2607:f118::b6 prefixlen 64"
> >> ifconfig_re0_alias2="inet6 2607:f118::b7 prefixlen 64"
> > 
> > Yep.  Try it like this:
> > 
> > ifconfig_re0="inet 208.70.104.210 netmask 255.255.255.192"
> > ifconfig_re0_alias0="inet 208.70.104.211 netmask 255.255.255.255"
> > ipv6_ifconfig_re0="2607:f118::b6 prefixlen 64"
> > ipv6_ifconfig_re0_alias0="2607:f118::b7 prefixlen 64"
> 
> The above works.
> 
> > or, even better, like this:
> > 
> > ipv4_addrs_re0="208.70.104.210/26 208.70.104.211/26"
> > ipv6_addrs_re0="2607:f118::b6/64 2607:f118::b7/64"
> 
> Unfortunately, that one does not. I do not get any IPv6 addresses
> configured.
> 
> I didn't re-try my original configuration, but I will at another time.
> 
> Both of your recommendations failed until I entered ipv6_enable="YES" in
> /etc/rc.conf. I did not have this line prior, yet the addresses were
> successfully applied, just no default gateway.
> 
> Either way, thanks much :)
> 
> I will try out your second recommendation again in the future. For now,
> problem resolved.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Steve


This caught my interest this morning so I set up a commented-out trial in
/etc/rc.d for my ipv6 entry; the one I had in my database /etc/namedb/* files
blew my connection sky-high recently.

Does this seem plausible:


#
## ipv6 config
#

# ipv6_enable="YES"
# ipv6_defaultrouter="2002:d1b4:d5d2::"
# ipv6_default_interface="em0"
# ipv6_gateway_enable="YES"

given that my Adress record is 	209.180.213.210 ?

tia, gents,

gary



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