IPv6 Stateless Configuration

Fri Oct 15 07:21:41 UTC 2010

I have seen layer 2 devices not forwarding IPv6 packets (while forwarding IPv4 packets)...

I would put a packet capture, and see if I see the RA packets coming from the router.

On a Cisco router, RA is enabled by default and does not require any setting.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rod James Bio" <rjubio at gmail.com>
To: "Franck Martin" <franck at genius.com>
Cc: nanog at nanog.org
Sent: Friday, 15 October, 2010 7:11:07 PM
Subject: Re: IPv6 Stateless Configuration

That's my setup right now. The problem is the machine is not configuring its IPv6 address with RA already turned on. I'm guessing that the flag set on the UTM router advertisement messages is wrong. May I know the default flags use on a cisco router? Thanks. 

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Franck Martin < franck at genius.com > wrote: 

You need all to be part of the same Ethernet network. So if this UTM can act as a bridge/switch you should be ok. Otherwise the RA broadcasts need to reach your device so it guesses the network and add it's Mac address to the network and make an ipv6 address. 

I would say RA is a bit like DHCP in your case in terms of network topology but beside that RA is simpler (no leases table). 

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On 15/10/2010, at 17:49, Rod James Bio < rjubio at gmail.com > wrote: 

> Hi, 
> 
> First time poster here. I would just like to ask what are the flags on 
> router advertisement to enable a host to autoconfigure its IPv6 address. 
> There is this device that I'm configuring that I cant get RA to work. I was 
> able to work out the connectivity from the device to the IPv6 internet, but 
> the problem is host behind this device is not getting its unique global ipv6 
> address. The device is a cyberoam UTM. 
> 
> Thanks! Rod Bio. 