Thanks Steve: We use fec0::... as global unique IPv6 address in the lab environment. the IPv6 routers in our lab uses fec0:0:5::/64 with eui-64 addressing scheme (for testing).
>From the host "lab" (freebsd) machine, it clearly sees two link-local >addresses for two IPv6 routers via RA messages. the IP routers also sent But >why not the host "lab" configure itself with global unique address with prefix >fec0:0:5:0::/64 (provided by the routers)? What shall I do to accomplish this on FreeBSD? --- On Thu, 2/12/09, Steve Bertrand <st...@ibctech.ca> wrote: > From: Steve Bertrand <st...@ibctech.ca> > Subject: Re: ipv6 and freebsd > To: ipfr...@yahoo.com > Cc: "freebsd general questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 6:20 AM > gahn wrote: > > Thanks Steve: > > > > the router that sending RA is juniper and the protocol > router-advertisement has been activated: > > > > g...@lab_1> show interfaces fe-0/0/3 > > ... > > > > Logical interface fe-0/0/3.170 (Index 70) (SNMP > ifIndex 59) > > ... > > Addresses, Flags: Is-Preferred > > Destination: fe80::/64, Local: > fe80::214:f600:aa2c:d403 > > Addresses, Flags: Is-Preferred Is-Primary > > Destination: fec0:10:5::/64, Local: > fec0:10:5:0:214:f600:aa2c:d403 > > fec0::/10 was deprecated per RFC3879. Perhaps the Juniper > unit is > obeying this and just not sending the prefix in the > advertisement? > > Everything else looks good, so lets test that possibility > (as remote as > it is). Take your tcpdump one step further: > > > lab# tcpdump -n -i bge1 ip6 > > tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for > full protocol decode > > listening on bge1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), > capture size 96 bytes > > 17:55:44.027565 IP6 fe80::214:f600:aa2c:3c03 > > ff02::1: ICMP6, router advertisement, length 24 > > 18:02:46.283353 IP6 fe80::214:f600:aa2c:d403 > > ff02::1: ICMP6, router advertisement, length 24 > > # tcpdump -n -i bge1 -s 0 -w /path/to/file.pcap ip6 > > After a time of that running (there won't be any STDOUT > output), stop > the capture, and open the file in Wireshark. (I've > never figured out > how to get tcpdump to read the data portion of the packets > from a file). > > With the -s0, it will capture the headers and the data of > each packet, > so you should be able to tell whether the RA announcements > do actually > contain the prefix you are trying to get configured. > > Something that I should have asked from the get-go...do you > have any > sort of firewall running on the box? > > I'll set this up in my lab here today. Although we > don't have any > Juniper units, I'll see if I can recreate the problem > with Cisco > hardware. You may also want to test using a non-deprecated > address > space. The documentation address may work for instance. > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"