/sbin/route -A inet6 add 2000::0/3 gw <ipv6gw> This is what finally got it up and working for me. Thank you everyone for all your help. Now it's time to get the rest of my network up and going here. Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeroen Massar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ryan Sweat'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 8:25 PM Subject: RE: Need Linux Routing Help
> 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The IPv6 Users Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The IPv6 Users Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
