[c-nsp] ipv6 autoconfig & linux

[matthew zeier]

I do have that - as mentioned earlier I probably need to use a /64 for 
the interface.  Unfortunately, I was only allocated a /64 from he.net.

Harold Ritter (hritter) wrote:
> Matthew,
> 
> Make sure that you enable "ipv6 unicast-routing" globally. The router
> will not send router-advertisement messages nor respond to router
> solicitation messages otherwise.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of matthew zeier
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:05 AM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] ipv6 autoconfig & linux
> 
> I must be missing something simple with v6 autoconfig - last time I did
> this was with a 7200 and Solaris.
> 
> On a 6500 running 12.2(18)SXD7, I have something like:
> 
> interface Vlan5
>   ip address 163.245.209.2 255.255.255.128
>   ip access-group in-vlan5 out
>   no ip redirects
>   ipv6 address 2001:1470:1F01:3521:1:1:1:1/96
>   ipv6 enable
>   glbp 10 ip 163.245.209.1
>   glbp 10 priority 200
>   glbp 10 preempt
> end
> 
> 
> I have a Linux box attached to that network and in
> /etc/sysconfig/network I have:
> 
> NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
> IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
> 
> eth1 comes up with a link-local address and I'm able to ping6 the
> link-local address for Vlan5 however it doesn't get a global address.
> 
> I changed ifcfg-eth1 to look like the following to verify v6
> connectivity and it works but I'd really like to get autoconfig working.
> Any pointers?
> 
> DEVICE=eth1
> ONBOOT=yes
> HWADDR=00:50:56:A9:07:F0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> IPADDR=163.245.209.8
> NETMASK=255.255.255.128
> IPV6INIT=yes
> IPV6ADDR=2001:470:1F01:3521:1:1:1:3/96
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