Re: Cannot get IPv6 router working

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 07:30:57PM -0400, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 21:10 +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> > I get an inet6 fe80: address on pppoe0 which indicates IP6CP worked.
> 
> Shouldn't your WAN interface get IP space in 2000::/3 (via NDP or
> PPPoE)?
> 
> FE80::/10 is reserved by IANA for link-local (autoconfig).
> 
> I don't see it being able to actually route.

That's wrong. *If* there is a router listening on a link-local address
at the other end,

( ping6 ff02::1%pppoe0 to find the list of hosts on the link. )

it will work fine using that as the destination, or actually doing
what Roy wrote below should be ok, too, for PPP.

> I get an inet6 fe80: address on pppoe0 which indicates IP6CP
> worked.
> I add the route
>    -inet6 default fe80::2 -iface -ifp pppoe0
> add a /64 address from my /48 block to ath0 in the same box.

HTH
        -is