> Greetings, > I'm evaluating an ISP for the sake of building BSD operating systems on > hardware > that they use (DSL modems, in this case). When I had my old NEC server, I had > a > MIPS environment to develop in. I managed a 28k kernel. In any case, I'm back > at > it for use in alot of hardware I have laying around. In my current situation, > I'm > using a ZYXEL Q1000Z modem to connect to their service. While it's a > relatively > new modem, it doesn't support IP6. It is my hope to replace the OS with one > that > does. :) > I leased a /48 of IP4's from them, which /also/ came with as many IP6's. EDIT The above line /should/ have read: I leased a /29 of IP4's from them, which /also/ came with as many IP6's. ___________^^^ /EDIT
Sorry. > So, not having implemented IP6 on any of my boxes (except by way of tunnel > brokers), > I'm wondering 2 things: > If my underlying OS (FreeBSD-8.3) can support IP6, will it still function, > even tho > my gateway (modem) doesn't? > Am I /correctly/ attempting to use it? > I'm answering authoritatively for the many domains I own. They have all > functioned > well for many years via IP4. I have added the requisite AAAA records in all > the zones, > as well as the associated RR's. > While the gateway (modem) /does/ have an IP6 address, I can't "speak" for it > out of > DNS, because it would be an "out of zone" record. Even tho I'm the RP for the > /48. > So it's up to the modem to answer accordingly. > BUT, I'm not sure I'm initiating any of this correctly via rc(8). Or more > specifically, > via rc.conf(5). While I've read as much as I can find on the topic related to > BSD, > boot messages indicate at least -- "IP6 gateway unreachable". > I'm currently using: > rc.conf(5): > ipv6_ifconfig_re0="2602:00d1:b4d6:e100:0000:0000:0000:0000" > ipv6_defaultrouter="2602:00d1:b4d6:e600:0000:0000:0000:0000" > I also have the corresponding host IP in hosts(5). > > Any help, pointers, guidance, answers /greatly/ appreciated. > > Thank you for all your time, and consideration. > > --Chris > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
