Bug 172743
| Summary: | IPv6 handbooks lacks info about accepting router advertisements | ||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Wade Duvall <wsduvall> |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Dru Lavigne <dru> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
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Description
Wade Duvall
2012-10-16 02:10:00 UTC
Author: dru Date: Fri Mar 7 17:10:44 2014 New Revision: 44179 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44179 Log: Edits needed to close PR. PR: 172743 Sponsored by: iXsystems Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml Fri Mar 7 16:53:34 2014 (r44178) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml Fri Mar 7 17:10:44 2014 (r44179) @@ -4557,50 +4557,36 @@ Received 264951 bytes in 0.1 seconds</sc </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>To automatically configure a machine on a - <acronym>LAN</acronym> which acts as a client, not a - router, two items are required. First to enable the - <filename>em0</filename> to receive the router - solicitation messages, add this line to + <para>To configure a &os; system as an + <acronym>IPv6</acronym> client, add these two lines to <filename>rc.conf</filename>:</para> - <programlisting>ifconfig_<replaceable>em0</replaceable>_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"</programlisting> + <programlisting>ifconfig_<replaceable>em0</replaceable>_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv" +rtsold_enable="YES"</programlisting> - <para>Secondly, the router solicitation daemon, &man.rtsol.8;, - should be enabled by adding the following to - <filename>rc.conf</filename>:</para> - - <programlisting>rtsold_enable="YES"</programlisting> + <para>The first line enables the specified interface to receive + router solicitation messages. The second line enables the + router solicitation daemon, &man.rtsol.8;.</para> <para>For &os; 8.<replaceable>x</replaceable>, - add:</para> + add a third line:</para> <programlisting>ipv6_enable="YES"</programlisting> - <para>To statically assign the <acronym>IPv6</acronym> - address, - <systemitem>2001:db8:4672:6565:2026:5043:2d42:5344</systemitem>, - to <filename>fxp0</filename>, add the following for - &os; 9.<replaceable>x</replaceable>:</para> - - <programlisting>ifconfig_<replaceable>fxp0</replaceable>_ipv6="inet6 2001:db8:4672:6565:2026:5043:2d42:5344 prefixlen 64"</programlisting> - - <note> - <para>Be sure to change <replaceable>prefixlen - 64</replaceable> to the appropriate value for the - subnet.</para> - </note> + <para>If the interface needs a statically assigned <acronym>IPv6</acronym> + address, add an entry to specify the static address and + associated prefix length:</para> - <para>For &os; 8.<replaceable>x</replaceable>, - add:</para> + <programlisting>ifconfig_<replaceable>fxp0</replaceable>_ipv6="inet6 <replaceable>2001:db8:4672:6565:2026:5043:2d42:5344</replaceable> prefixlen <replaceable>64</replaceable>"</programlisting> + + <para>On a &os; 8.<replaceable>x</replaceable> system, + that line uses this format instead:</para> - <programlisting>ipv6_ifconfig_<replaceable>fxp0</replaceable>="2001:db8:4672:6565:2026:5043:2d42:5344"</programlisting> + <programlisting>ipv6_ifconfig_<replaceable>fxp0</replaceable>="<replaceable>2001:db8:4672:6565:2026:5043:2d42:5344</replaceable>"</programlisting> - <para>To assign a default router of - <systemitem>2001:db8:4672:6565::1</systemitem>, add the - following to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> + <para>To assign a default router, specify its address:</para> - <programlisting>ipv6_defaultrouter="2001:db8:4672:6565::1"</programlisting> + <programlisting>ipv6_defaultrouter="<replaceable>2001:db8:4672:6565::1</replaceable>"</programlisting> </sect2> <sect2> _______________________________________________ svn-doc-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-doc-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-doc-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->dru I'll take this one. State Changed From-To: open->closed This should be much clearer in r44179. |
