Thread: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Using IPv6 link-local addresses for routing

Hi,

I have just upgraded a four-year-old DL box and found out the IPv6
routing configuration format has changed since then. The part of the
/etc/init.d/network script which parses the "new" format doesn't use the
interface name, which is required when using link-local addresses for
routing (I do). Fortunately, the parser in the network script is simple
enough to handle about any argument you can pass to "ip route add". So,
here is the relevant line from my ifcfg-eth0 file:

IPV6ROUTE="2000::/3 via fe80::5 dev $DEVICE"

Yes, it Just Works(tm). :-)

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A,

I corrected the init script in CVS.

Best Regards
  Heiko Zuerker


-----Original Message-----
From: Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale [mailto:Arn...@ir...] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:00 AM
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Subject: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Using IPv6 link-local addresses for routing

Hi,

I have just upgraded a four-year-old DL box and found out the IPv6 routing
configuration format has changed since then. The part of the
/etc/init.d/network script which parses the "new" format doesn't use the
interface name, which is required when using link-local addresses for
routing (I do). Fortunately, the parser in the network script is simple
enough to handle about any argument you can pass to "ip route add". So, here
is the relevant line from my ifcfg-eth0 file:

IPV6ROUTE="2000::/3 via fe80::5 dev $DEVICE"

Yes, it Just Works(tm). :-)

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A

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