v6 trouble

KUNITAKE Koichi kunitake@tyo.mind.co.jp
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:38:11 +0900


On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:36:04 -0700 (PDT)
Jason Martin <jhmartin@mail.com> wrote:

> > > Hi!
> > > I'm having some trouble setting up and v6 tunnel against freenet6,
> > > I'm running Linux (debian)... If anyone have some ideas/hints, let me hear
> > > it =)
> > 
> > Hmmm...when "forwarding" is on, Linux ignore default route(::/0)
> > It means Linux using as a router must have full route!! ;-(
> > So, you'll need to input following commands...
> This isn't really true, is it? At least, for ipv4 I can use a default
> route w/o having a 'full' route table. Has this changed for v6?

  Yes, this specification have been changed for IPv6 (only when Linux
is used as a router). We can use a default route(0.0.0.0/0) for IPv4
both as a host and as a router :-)

Regard,

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