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Re: dhcpcd and routing of ipv6 prefixes



On Mon 13 Jun 2016 at 20:14:51 +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 08:08:25PM +0200, Rhialto wrote:
> > On Mon 13 Jun 2016 at 12:50:09 +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 12/06/2016 20:37, Rhialto wrote:
> > > > re0: adding address 2001:984:4b2a:fc::1/62
> > > > re0: pltime 3600 seconds, vltime 7200 seconds
> > > > if_addaddress6: Invalid argument
> > > 
> > > That's a touch odd and worrying as I was hoping to release a new build.
> > 
> > It kept repeating periodically:
> > 
> > Jun 13 18:23:45 murthe dhcpcd[9146]: re0: adding address 2001:984:4b2a:fc::1/62
> > Jun 13 18:23:45 murthe dhcpcd[9146]: if_addaddress6: Invalid argument
> 
> Why is it trying to add a /62 there?  I think this could be the issue,
> as many OSes assume that "a LAN interface has a /64, period"

Possibly... but this is apparently a "feature" of the Fritz!Box, that it
gives out /62s.

> gert
-Olaf.
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