Re: ipv6 and rc.conf questions

2000-03-07 Thread Yoshinobu Inoue
> I think that I know just enough about IPv6 to be dangerous, at this > point. With that in mind, I think we should keep the name (because that > describes exactly what it does), and just change the default to "YES". OK, I'll choose the option, and also add some more description for "rtadvd_enab

Re: ipv6 and rc.conf questions

2000-03-07 Thread Bruce A. Mah
If memory serves me right, Yoshinobu Inoue wrote: > And now I think the problem is that entry name, > rtadvd_enable="NO" > is not intuitive for users. > > So how about changing the name to something like, > > ipv6_to_be_defaultrouter="NO" > > and if it is set to YES, then rc.network6 invoke

Re: ipv6 and rc.conf questions

2000-03-06 Thread Yoshinobu Inoue
> > > Wmmm, should rtadvd always be invoked when 'ipv6_gateway_enable="YES" ? Oh, I need to conclude about this. > (2): Yes there is. Usually it is desirable that only upstream > router invoke rtadvd to suppress too many redirects. > In following case, only R-backbone should invoke rta

Re: ipv6 and rc.conf questions

2000-03-06 Thread Yoshinobu Inoue
Hi, > > Wmmm, should rtadvd always be invoked when 'ipv6_gateway_enable="YES" ? > > Hmmm...two things come to mind. 1) What happens if there are two > routers running rtadvd on a single subnet? 2) Are there environments in > which a netadmin might not want to use router advertisements? (1): I

Re: ipv6 and rc.conf questions

2000-03-06 Thread Bruce A. Mah
If memory serves me right, Yoshinobu Inoue wrote: > If you did update and make world recently, please check > /usr/share/examples/IPv6/USAGE. There will be more detailed info. > A handbook chapter version is now under preparation. That's good to hear. I was thinking about this a little bit, but

Re: ipv6 and rc.conf questions

2000-03-06 Thread Yoshinobu Inoue
Hi, > Hi, > > I have been playing with IPv6 on a few machines and I must say that it > is very easy to get the basic IPv6 configuration on the "endpoints" ie. > machines with just a ethernet connection. Just a line with > 'ipv6_enable="YES"' /etc/rc.conf and it is done. I'm glad to know that is

ipv6 and rc.conf questions

2000-03-06 Thread John Hay
Hi, I have been playing with IPv6 on a few machines and I must say that it is very easy to get the basic IPv6 configuration on the "endpoints" ie. machines with just a ethernet connection. Just a line with 'ipv6_enable="YES"' /etc/rc.conf and it is done. But how do you configure an IPv6 in IPv4