IPv6 bridge0 link-local address

pluknet pluknet at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 18:37:13 UTC 2007


On 15/03/07, Tom Pusateri <pusateri at bangj.com> wrote:
> I've configured a bridge0 interface that bridges fxp0 and em0.
> I have a global IPv6 address configured on it and IPv6 works fine.
>
> # ifconfig bridge0
> bridge0: flags=8043<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet x.x.x.82 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast x.x.x.95
>         inet6 2001:4877:1777:1001::1 prefixlen 64
>         ether ac:de:48:49:71:91
>         priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15 maxage 20
>         member: fxp0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
>         member: em0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
[snip]

I don't know precisely what's about if_bridge. According to the rfc2373 (App.A)
it should be similar to: fe80::aede:48ff:fe49:7191%bridge0

Hmm.. but if you try the `ifconfig bridge0 inet6 eui64` command, you''ll see:
ifconfig: could not determine link local address

wbr,
pluknet.


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