[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI Hipster becomes unreachable over network after a certain length of uptime

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 13/04/2022 20:04, stes at PANDORA.BE wrote:
> ----- Op 12 apr 2022 om 20:00 schreef John D Groenveld groenveld at acm.org:
> 
>> svc:/network/routing/route is enabled out of the box with
>> OI-hipster-text-20211031.iso
> 
> I can't reproduce this.
> 
> When I install from the OI-hipster-text-20211031.iso it does not enable routing/route.
> 
> 
> Also my OpenIndiana system (Dell Precision 3640 with 2 NIC, 1 e1000g0 and 1 igb0)
> is not running in.routed, route:default) and is fairly up to date with recent OI.
> 
> I didn't have to disable in.routed or route:default , by default it was NOT enabled.
> 
> When I install from the OI-hipster-text-20211031.iso
> 
> $ cat OI-hipster-text-20211031.iso.sha256sum
> 08d938497dfb39ab51da598437cc4cadcad9c936a9371c58520fe8e99431e86d  OI-hipster-text-20211031.iso
> 
> after the install (where I selected "Automatic" for the NIC, a single NIC), I login and
> 
> routeadm shows : IPV4routing disabled
> 
> Udo Grabowski will be pleased to read that :-)
> 

Yeah, indeed !

> Can you be more specific please and check the "nwadmadm list" on your server and
> /var/sadm/system/logs/install_log.
> 
> Maybe there is a specific scenario where indeed route:default is enabled,
> as also confirmed in https://www.illumos.org/issues/14006
> 
> In fact the bug report 14006 refers to the manpage of routeadm which describes some conditions where routing is ENABLED indeed, so there is something that can indeed enable route:default accidentally.
> 
> However the bug report 14006 does not say this is OpenIndiana specific, it is a Illumos bug report possibly for a different distribution ?
> 
> However when I test this , I have no /etc/defaultrouter and route:default is not enabled.
> 

But what happens if you place an *empty* /etc/defaultrouter there ?

> For me on my test system "nwamadm list" shows "ncp Automatic online".
> 
> in.routed is not running, routeadm shows all disabled
> 
> I mean: the command routeadm after a fresh install of 202110 shows IPv4 and IPv6 forwarding and routing disabled.
> 
> Note however that the installer has multiple options, so I installed using 1 NIC here and choose network type 'Automatic'.
> 
> Finally to touch a painful issue:   the type 'Automatic' is possible NOT the best choice for servers.
> 
> The documentation http://docs.openindiana.org/handbook/systems-administration/#configuring-networking
> writes:
> 
> "While usually server and desktop installations tend to use default network configurations, laptop users can leverage nwam network configuations."
> 
> So that doc positions NWAM as a solution for 'laptop users'.  Opinions may differ ...
> 
> Regards,
> David Stes
> 
> 
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