On 8 September 2011 18:42, Jon Farmer <j...@bctech.co.uk> wrote: > On 8 September 2011 18:38, Jon Farmer <j...@bctech.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a Cisco router on my network that is doing RA for IPv6 > > assignment. If I plug the ethernet cable into my Ubuntu 11.04 netbook > > I get a IPv6 address assigned. If I plug the same cable into my > > desktop machine also running 11.04 I get "eth0: no IPv6 routers > > present". Anyone got any ideas why it works in my netbook but not on > > desktop machine? > > > Sods law just got it working by enabling ufw. So anyone know why RA > doesn't work if ufw is disabled but does work if ufw is enabled? > > I have IPV6=yes in /etc/default/ufw BTW > > That's presumably the answer but I don't know why unless IPv6 support is compiled into ufw. I don't have ufw running at all on either my desktop or laptop (11.04) and it's set to no in /etc/default/ufw and IPv6 works fine.
FWIW I have radacct running on a Dreamplug running Ubuntu 9.04 with a Sixxs tunnel and it just works. No help I know but I'm quite proud of it :) s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "Is this your sanderling?"
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