Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-29 Thread Chris H
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:59:25AM +, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: >> >> On 27 Aug 2014, at 06:31 , Jonathan Price wrote: >> >> > On 2014-08-27 01:40, Peter Wemm wrote: >> >> On Tuesday 26 August 2014 10:40:27 free...@jonathanprice.org wrote: >> >>> Hello, >> >>> >> >>> I am configuring a server wi

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-29 Thread John Hay
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:41:56AM +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote: > John Hay wrote > in <20140829101707.ga83...@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za>: > > jh> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:59:25AM +, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > jh> > > jh> > On 27 Aug 2014, at 06:31 , Jonathan Price > jh> > wrote: > jh> > > jh> >

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-29 Thread Peter Wemm
On Saturday 30 August 2014 00:41:56 Hiroki Sato wrote: > John Hay wrote > in <20140829101707.ga83...@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za>: > > jh> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:59:25AM +, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > jh> > > jh> > On 27 Aug 2014, at 06:31 , Jonathan Price > jh> > wrote: > jh> > > jh> > > On 2

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-29 Thread Hiroki Sato
John Hay wrote in <20140829101707.ga83...@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za>: jh> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:59:25AM +, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: jh> > jh> > On 27 Aug 2014, at 06:31 , Jonathan Price jh> > wrote: jh> > jh> > > On 2014-08-27 01:40, Peter Wemm wrote: jh> > >> On Tuesday 26 August 2014 10:

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-29 Thread John Hay
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:59:25AM +, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > > On 27 Aug 2014, at 06:31 , Jonathan Price wrote: > > > On 2014-08-27 01:40, Peter Wemm wrote: > >> On Tuesday 26 August 2014 10:40:27 free...@jonathanprice.org wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I am configuring a server with IPv4

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-27 Thread Bjoern A. Zeeb
On 27 Aug 2014, at 18:55 , Jonathan Price wrote: > Would that mean that a line such as 'ifconfig_IF="DHCP"' would not count the > interface as being explicitly configured? I haven’t looked into SLAAC or > DHCPv6 configuration yet, so I'm not sure if either of those require a line > like the o

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-27 Thread Jonathan Price
I was over-simplifying and, as you state, any interface explicitly configured for IPv6 will have IPv6 disabled. Those with explicit IPv6 configuration will not be disabled. Most end-user systems are NOT configured with an address. In most cases SLAAC (and, perhaps DHCPv6) along with things like

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-27 Thread Kevin Oberman
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:20 AM, wrote: > > While doubting Peter's networking answers is usually foolish, I think > this > > one is at least a bit misleading. As he says, > > ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" will set all interfaces on the system > to > > -ifdisable which, since it is an IPv6 op

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-27 Thread Bjoern A. Zeeb
On 27 Aug 2014, at 06:31 , Jonathan Price wrote: > On 2014-08-27 01:40, Peter Wemm wrote: >> On Tuesday 26 August 2014 10:40:27 free...@jonathanprice.org wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am configuring a server with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and have noticed that >>> FreeBSD seems to be preferring IPv

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-27 Thread freebsd
> While doubting Peter's networking answers is usually foolish, I think this > one is at least a bit misleading. As he says, > ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" will set all interfaces on the system to > -ifdisable which, since it is an IPv6 option, will enable IPv6 on all > interfaces. NO will di

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-27 Thread Kevin Oberman
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:31 PM, Jonathan Price wrote: > On 2014-08-27 01:40, Peter Wemm wrote: > >> On Tuesday 26 August 2014 10:40:27 free...@jonathanprice.org wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am configuring a server with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and have noticed >>> that >>> FreeBSD seems to be

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-26 Thread Jonathan Price
On 2014-08-27 01:40, Peter Wemm wrote: On Tuesday 26 August 2014 10:40:27 free...@jonathanprice.org wrote: Hello, I am configuring a server with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and have noticed that FreeBSD seems to be preferring IPv4, such as when establishing SSH connections. After reading through /

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-26 Thread Peter Wemm
On Tuesday 26 August 2014 10:40:27 free...@jonathanprice.org wrote: > Hello, > > I am configuring a server with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and have noticed that > FreeBSD seems to be preferring IPv4, such as when establishing SSH > connections. > > After reading through /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and la

Re: Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-26 Thread Kevin Oberman
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 3:40 AM, wrote: > Hello, > > I am configuring a server with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and have noticed > that FreeBSD seems to be preferring IPv4, such as when establishing SSH > connections. > > After reading through /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and later > /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl I

Should I be using ipv6_activate_all_interfaces or ip6addrctl_policy="ipv6_prefer"

2014-08-26 Thread freebsd
Hello, I am configuring a server with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and have noticed that FreeBSD seems to be preferring IPv4, such as when establishing SSH connections. After reading through /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and later /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl I have come to the conclusion that I have two ways to t