Trouble connecting to freenet6 with OpenBSD

[John Wright]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:55:15AM -0400, Jeff Workman wrote:
>  [...]
> 
> Here's what I'm doing:
> 
> # ifconfig gif0 12.20.153.71 206.123.31.102

firstly, this should be ifconfig gif0 giftunnel 12.20....

> # ifconfig gif0 inet6 3ffe:b00:c18:1fff:0:0:0:521 \ 
>   3ffe:b00:c18:1fff:0:0:0:520 prefixlen 127
> 
> This statement produces an error about: 
> 
> ifconfig: SIOCDIFADDR: Address family not supported by protocol family

I usually ignore that one.

> but...the interface still configures...I think..
> 
> [...]
>
> # traceroute6 altavista.ipv6.digital.com
> traceroute to altavista.ipv6.digital.com (3ffe:1200:2001:1:8000::1), 30
> hops max, 12 byte packets
>  1  3ffe:b00:c18:1fff::4f0  64.827 ms  65.925 ms  65.138 ms
>  2  * * *
>  3  * * *
>  4  * * *
> ^C

I found that the connectivity from freenet6 was a bit poor but I was always
able to get to www.6bone.net, try that.