Advanced IPv6 in NetworkManager

[Dan Williams]

On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 22:39 +0100, Ola Thoresen wrote:
> On 11/14/2011 06:43 PM, Jan-Frode Myklebust wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 02:43:10PM +0100, Ola Thoresen wrote:
> >>
> >> So you say that both
> >>
> >> IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
> >> IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES=2001:840:0:11::30/64
> >>
> >> Shoudl work?
> >> (Have not tested yet, but might do that later today).
> >
> > I believe
> >
> > 	IPV6INIT=yes
> > 	IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
> > 	IPV6ADDR=2001:840:0:11::30/64
> >
> > should work and give you both the static IPV6ADDR plus a dynamic address
> > from RA. At least with that config I'm getting these addresses:
> >
> >            inet6 addr: 2a01:798:0:8012::5/64 Scope:Global	# IPV6ADDR
> >            inet6 addr: 2a01:798:0:8012:21a:4aff:fea8:8501/64 Scope:Global # RA
> >            inet6 addr: fe80::21a:4aff:fea8:8501/64 Scope:Link # link local
> >
> 
> 
> Unfortunately it does not seem to work here, which is a bit strange if 
> it works for you...
> Just tested the exact same setup (with my own IP-addresses) and only the 
> RA-address is set on the interface if i set IPV6_AUTOCON=yes.
> Even after a reboot.
> I could then add static addresses manually usin /sbin/ip ...
> 
> But if I change ifcfg-eth0 back to IPV6_AUTOCONF=no it will imediately 
> set the static address(es)
> 
> This is with NetworkManager-0.9.1.90-5.git20110927.fc16.x86_64

NM should allow static addresses in addition to RA/DHCP ones.  While the
UI currently might restrict that (should get fixed) I'd expect it to
work with the right bits in the ifcfg file.  I'll check that out.

Dan