When I issued the following command by accident today: route add default -inet6 fe80:20d:56ff:fe8d:d4b0%fxp0
The netstat shows the following: Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default fe80:20d:56ff:fe8d:d4b0%fxp0 UGS 0 0 fxp0 10.9.44/24 link#1 U 1 0 fxp0 10.9.44.175 127.0.0.1 UGHS 0 0 lo0 127.0.0.1 link#4 UH 1 4 lo0 So I went ahead and issued route add 10.1.1.1 -inet6 fe80::1%fxp0 Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default fe80:20d:56ff:fe8d:d4b0%fxp0 UGS 0 0 fxp0 10.1.1.1 fe80::1%fxp0 UGHS 0 0 fxp0 10.9.44/24 link#1 U 1 0 fxp0 10.9.44.175 127.0.0.1 UGHS 0 0 lo0 127.0.0.1 link#4 UH 1 4 lo0 I verified this behavior on both FreeBSD 5.4 Release and 6.0-CURRENT. I think this behavior is probably not intended and should be treated as a bug. I did a quick patch in sys/net/route.c (it's just as easy in sbin/route.c). ------------- heavygear# cvs diff route.c Index: route.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/net/route.c,v retrieving revision 1.108 diff -r1.108 route.c 746c747,748 < if ((flags & RTF_GATEWAY) && !gateway) --- > if (flags & RTF_GATEWAY) { > if (!gateway) 747a750,752 > if (dst && (dst->sa_family != gateway->sa_family)) > senderr(EPERM); > } ------------- After the patch, ------------- heavygear# route add 10.1.1.1 -inet6 fe80::1%fxp0 route: writing to routing socket: Operation not permitted Comments ? Thanks, -- Qing _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"