[Cerowrt-users] IPv6 router advertisements on custom interfaces

[Dave Taht]

I just noticed that this went to cerowrt-users. There aren't a whole
lot of people on that list and this stuff is in heavy development so,
forwarding the thread here....

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
> Radvd is going away in the BB ("barrier breaker" - openwrt head)
> version of openwrt, fairly soon. It deserves to die...
>
> There is going to be a merger of the DHCPv6/SLAAC and naming
> functionalities in dnsmasq and the dynamicism of the new ipv6-support
> package, which also includes a spanking new dhcpv6-pd client..
>
> Also planned is to (once the 3.7 kernel lands) make npt66 the default
> (for most users). So in a couple weeks, all the underlying ipv6
> infrastructure in openwrt and cerowrt is going to change.
>
> As to whether the 6in4 case is fully handled as of now in that system,
> damned if I know. Same goes for 6to4... I put the ipv6-support package
> into cerowrt 3.6.9-5, all forms of ipv6 are blocked at the lincs lab,
> can't test it, right now.
>
> As for how to fix it in cerowrt 3.3.8, it was always problematic as
> hell, and I'm glad the work is being re-architected in BB by two of
> the most competent people I know, and I've signed cerowrt (and thus,
> y'all) up to test it when it comes out. It would be great to recruit
> more help, because *this time* we're going to get it right, come hell
> or high water.
>
> I'm very pleased, in particular, with dnsmasq's naming support for
> slaac. It "just works".
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr at sandelman.ca> wrote:
>>
>> First question, why are there two radvd processes?
>>
>> 3343 root       964 S    /usr/sbin/radvd -C /var/etc/radvd.conf -m stderr_sys
>> 3345 root       964 S    /usr/sbin/radvd -C /var/etc/radvd.conf -m stderr_sys
>>
>> Is this just a thread issue?
>>
>> second question, none of my custom interfaces are in /var/etc/radvd.conf?
>>
>> Can I hack /etc/config/firewall directly rather than go through the UI?
>> I think so....?
>>
>> Could I attach blinking LEDs to VLANs?
>> (ps: whatever problems I had with ethernet mii between my cerowrt and
>> a cisco 200-26 switch in the summer, seems to have gone away)
>>
>> On an IPv6 interface which is not my uplink, I think that IPv6 gateway
>> should be blank.  That the router should advertise iself.
>>
>> I also think that the words "Send router soliciations" is wrong, that it
>> should say, "Send router advertisements".
>>
>> I had to put my custom interfaces into /etc/config/radvd.
>>
>> config interface
>>         option interface 'trusted'
>>         option AdvSendAdvert '1'
>>         option AdvRouterAddr '1'
>>         option AdvLinkMTU '1480'
>>         option ignore '0'
>>         option IgnoreIfMissing '1'
>>         option AdvSourceLLAddress '1'
>>         option AdvDefaultPreference 'medium'
>>         option AdvOtherConfigFlag '1'
>>
>> config prefix
>>         option interface 'trusted'
>>         list prefix ''
>>         option AdvOnLink '1'
>>         option AdvAutonomous '1'
>>         option AdvRouterAddr '0'
>>         option ignore '0'
>>
>> I don't see a place in the UI where this is edited, but I could be
>> missing it.
>>
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