Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list netdev); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:08:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from netcore.fi (netcore.fi [193.94.160.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h6AG8b2x011477 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:08:38 -0700 Received: from localhost (pekkas@localhost) by netcore.fi (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h6AG8Kg18686; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:08:20 +0300 Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:08:20 +0300 (EEST) From: Pekka Savola To: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / =?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCNUhGIzFRTEAbKEI=?= cc: cat@zip.com.au, , Subject: Re: 2.4.21+ - IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling b0rked In-Reply-To: <20030711.005542.04973601.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 3901 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: pekkas@netcore.fi Precedence: bulk X-list: netdev On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / [iso-2022-jp] 吉藤英明 wrote: > In article <20030710154302.GE1722@zip.com.au> (at Fri, 11 Jul 2003 01:43:03 +1000), CaT says: > > > With 2.4.21-pre2 I can get a nice tunnel going over my ppp connection > > and as such get ipv6 connectivity. I think went to 2.4.21 and then to > > 2.4.22-pre4 and bringing up the tunnel fails as follows: > : > > ip addr add 3ffe:8001:000c:ffff::37/127 dev sit1 > > ip route add ::/0 via 3ffe:8001:000c:ffff::36 > > RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument > > This is not bug, but rather misconfiguration; > you cannot use prefix::, which is mandatory subnet routers > anycast address, as unicast address. While technically correct, I'm still not sure if this is (pragmatically) the correct approach. It's OK to set a default route to go to the subnet routers anycast address (so, setting a route to prefix:: should not give you EINVAL). -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings