Please try using 2000::/3 route instead of "default" route and see if that
helps.
You could also try to ensure you've enabled IPv6 forwarding.
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 michael@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Alan Cox have recommended my to forward my questions to you, hope you will
> help
> me!
>
> Read the following:
>
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> Dato: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:42:51 +0200
> Fra: michael@xxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: michael@xxxxxxxx
> Emne: Question about kernel and IPv6...
> Til: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> To Alan Cox!
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> I am working on a master thesis called ?Internet Protocol version 6?.
>
> In the project I have to setup a test-network for analyzing the RIPng
> protocol
> etc. I am using four normal Intel PC?s each running Debian Linux, with a
> custom
> compiled kernel 2.4.19 downloaded from www.kernel.org. Two of the PC?s are
> running as a software-based router (using Zebra 0.92a-6), and the other is
> separately working as a client and server, respectively connect to router1
> and
> router2.
>
> My problem is when I try to send an ICMPv6 request via the WAN-link (router1
> and router2) from the client, I not getting any response from server. The
> problem only appears when I try making a connection via the WAN-link, and not
> from router1<->server and router2<->client.
>
> My question is:
>
> - Could a problem be due to a wrong kernel-configuration? (I can attach
> the .config if you are interested).
>
> - What "kernel mechanism" is responsible for routing/transporting data
> between
> two interfaces? (I think that?s the problem in router1 and router2. Zebra is
> only exchanging the "IPv6 kernel routing information" between router1 and
> router2, and it is working fine).
>
> - What kernel version have most IPv6 features build-in ?? (Maybe a feature is
> missing in 2.4.19. I have read an article about patching the kernel:
> http://project6.ferrara.linux.it/papers/best_ipv6_support_4_linux/best_ipv6_supp
> ort_4_linux.html, it is necessary?).
>
> I hope you understand what my main problem is ? English is not my primary
> language.
>
> I have got many information from mailinglists, messagesboards and homepages,
> but the main problem is, that those information is conflicting. That?s why I
> writing to the Linux Guru him self.
>
> Btw. You are doing a very good job with the Linux kernel!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael Olsen
>
> Atkins Danmark A/S, Tele
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>
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