IPv6 default-route - gone

[John]

On 03/04/2012 18:40, Ewald Jenisch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After installing a new machine under FreeBSD9 I discovered that the
> IPv6-configuration I had in place with FreeBSD8 does no longer work.
> 
> Here's what I've got in /etc/rc.conf:
> ipv6_enable="YES"
> ipv6_ifconfig_em0="2001:76c:2218:2009::11/64"
> ipv6_defaultrouter="2001:76c:2218:2009::1"
> 
> The interface address correctly shows up under "ifconfig" however the
> default route doesn't seem to be installed, so I'm basically cut off
> the Internet in terms of IPv6.
> 
> Please note that the above config has worked unser FreeBSD8 - in fact
> I've got a couple of boxes under FreeBSD8 with this exact same config.
> 
> Has the IPv6-related config changed from FBSD 8 -> FBSD 9?
> 
> Thanks much in advance for any help,
> -ewald

Hi,

Yeah it's changed in 9. Here's what I have, for autoconfig use with a
tunnel:

ipv6_network_interfaces="re0"
ifconfig_re0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

...and it works

For static I'd have:

#ipv6_network_interfaces="re0"
#ifconfig_re0_ipv6="my_end_of_tunnel_ipv6_ip prefixlen 64"
#ipv6_defaultrouter="their_end_of_tunnel_ipv6_ip"
#ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

but I've not tried it static yet.
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