IPv6 auto-configuration issue with virtual Ethernet [message #41222] |
Wed, 15 December 2010 05:40 |
lars.bailey
Messages: 38 Registered: April 2010
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I thought I would share an issue that I ran across,in using auto-config IPv6 virtual Ethernet containers,alongside IPv4 virtual Ethernet containers.
In this scenario,the IPv4 containers will pull an auto-configured IPv6 address.(this issue will arise whether you
bridge a container or not)
The obvious part of my remarks,and the "issue" at hand,is in router advertisements.
Depending on what your end result is to be,this may not be a bad thing.(dual homed hosts)
It does not make much sense,segregating router advertisements on a per interface level.
You want to segregate the IPv4 virtual Ethernet containers,from the auto-configured IPv6 virtual Ethernet containers.
To do that,you are going to have to perform this one simple task,on any IPv4 virtual Ethernet containers,that you do not want to be dual-homed.
Edit the IPv4 container's "sysctl.conf" file,and add;
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.accept_ra = 0
Restart the container's networking,and examine the container's IPv6 routing.
The only routable IPv6 address shown,will be the container' link-local.
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