Specifying IPv6 off-link for a subnet
Mel Pilgrim
list_freebsd at bluerosetech.com
Wed Jul 21 11:38:02 UTC 2021
On 2021-07-20 7:20, Scott wrote:
> My need is pretty simple: to have FreeBSD servers with an IPv6 stack
> operating correctly on a private vLAN (IPPL). Specifically an isolated
> private vLAN.
>
> In IPv6 (as I understand it), this should be done by specifying that the
> prefix/subnet of the configured address is not on-link, and therefore should
> *always* use the router as the next hop. (Similar to an NBMA network).
Off-hand, I'd try configuring vmx0 with xx::yy/128 and the router's
link-local for the default route. That should make the host forward
everything via the router for the rest of xx::/64 without trying to do
ND for it.
You might do better asking on freebsd-net about this.
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