Ryan Sweat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Are you aware there was a bug in linux kernels where it didn't obey
the
> default route when forwarding packets?   I had the same happen to me,
> and it was resolved by just adding this:
> 
> /sbin/route -A inet6 add 3ffe::0/16 gw fe80::ipv4_tunnel dev sit1
> /sbin/route -A inet6 add 2001::0/16 gw fe80::ipv4_tunnel dev sit1
> 
> Replace "ipv4_tunnel" with the ipv4 address of your tunnel provider's
router. 
Actually.... at this moment you should be better off using:
/sbin/route -A inet6 add 2000::0/3 gw <ipv6gw>

Which takes care of all currently allocated IPv6 space, thus: 2001::/16
2002::/16 and 3ffe::/16 which should be all for some time to be...

> I was told upgrading the kernel would fix it, but I haven't had time
to recompile.
It prolly doesn't ... at least I haven't seen any linux kernel yet which
fixes it...
But ofcourse with the great speed everything is being done it could be
fixed already ;)

The 'reason' for this is/was that a router should know where it's
'default' packets should go.
Configuring a linux box without /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding
enabled will allow
one to do a 'route -A default gw <ipv6gw> though... (which prolly gets
done by rtsol's ;)

Greets,
 Jeroen


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