[OpenIndiana-discuss] Enabling IPv6 on OpenIndiana

[Nikola M]

On 10/24/15 07:41 PM, russell wrote:
> Hi
>
> I recently got an IPv6 connection and wanted to get OpenIndiana 
> working with IPv6, intially I tried to do this with the 
> /etc/hostname6.<interface> file but found this worked well for 
> autoconfiguration but not with static configuration.
This is clearly question for illumos and documentation for illumos of 
what and how is done.
Make sure to inform us how it went for you eventually.

Also I am glad IPv6 is coming out in wider use, it would save people to 
pay more for static v4 IP addresses and maybe enable more easy content 
distribution from the internet users.

> So in order to get thing working with the ipadm command, I needed to 
> remove /etc/hostname.* and /etc/hostname6.* plus a few other files.
>
> After removing the files adding the IPv4 addresses was really easy
>
> # dladm show-phys
> LINK         MEDIA                STATE      SPEED  DUPLEX DEVICE
> e1000g1      Ethernet             up         1000   full e1000g1
> e1000g2      Ethernet             up         1000   full e1000g2
>
> Create the e1000gN interfaces
> # ipadm create-if e1000g1
> # ipadm create-if e1000g2
>
> Now assign the IPv4 Address
> # ipadm create-addr -T static -a A.B.C.D/N e1000g1/v4
>
> Show Addressing
> # ipadm show-addr
> ADDROBJ           TYPE     STATE        ADDR
> lo0/v4            static   ok           127.0.0.1/8
> e1000g1/v4        static   ok           A.B.C.D/N
>
> In order to add an IPv6 address, you must enable autoconfiguration 
> first as per 
> https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1453/ipv6-config-tasks-64.html
> # ipadm create-addr -T addconf e1000g1/v6
>
> when I try to add a static address as per document
> # ipadm create-addr -T static 2000:A:B:C:D:E:F:G/64 e1000g1/v6
> ipadm: Invalid arguments
> usage:     create-addr    [-t] -T static [-d] 
> -a{local|remote}=addr[/prefixlen]
>             <addrobj>
>     create-addr    [-t] -T dhcp [-w <seconds> | forever] <addrobj>
>     create-addr    [-t] -T addrconf [-i interface-id]
>             [-p {stateful|stateless}={yes|no}] <addrobj>
>
> if I change the addrobj then the address is added
> # ipadm create-addr -T static 2000:A:B:C:D:E:F:G/64 e1000g1/v6a
>
> The document indicates to turn off IPv6 Address Autoconfiguration you 
> need to include in /etc/inet/ndpd.conf the following definition
>
> e1000g1   StatelessAddrConf false
>
> When I check the Address Information
> # ipadm show-addr -o all
> ADDROBJ           TYPE     STATE        CURRENT PERSISTENT ADDR
> lo0/v4            static   ok           U----   --- 127.0.0.1/8
> e1000g1/v4        static   ok           U----   U-- A.B.C.D/N
> lo0/v6            static   ok           U----   ---        ::1/128
> e1000g1/v6        addrconf ok           U----   U-- fe80::::::::/10
> e1000g1/v6a       static   ok           U----   U-- 2000::::::/64
> e1000g1/v6        addrconf ok           U----   --- 2000::::::/64
>
> I would like to able to remove the auto-configured Global address, I 
> modified the ndpd.conf so that included
>
> e1000g1 StatelessAddrConf false
> e1000g1/v6 StatelessAddrConf false
>
> I have tried them singly and together in different order but the 
> autoconfigured Global Address keeps appearing.
>
> The autoconfigured global address would initially disappear after 
> performing a "pkill -HUP in.ndpd" but it always returns.
>
> Any assistance in removing the Global autoconfigured address would be 
> appreciated.
>
> Just as an aside, configuring IPv6 on LinuxMint is so easy, a couple 
> of minutes and its done.
>
> TIA
>
> Russell
>
>
>
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