KK> now that i have a somewhat working setup up and running, i've tried to KK> play around with it. Loading the ipv6 module seems to work ok and i can KK> assign addresses to eth0. Yet any attempt to use them fails. I cannot KK> even ping6 to any host. Suggestions what's going wrong? (Yes, the ipv6 KK> is working with all other hosts in the lan)
Yes, I have tried it on my Quadra 840AV with 2.2.25 and failed with the same symptoms as you. As you were already told, 2.2 is too old, 2.4 should work with ipv6 (2.4.21+ is recommended) and most m68k machines (but not macs), 2.6 works with ipv6 but very few m68k's run it yet. Additionally, you might stumble upon Ethernet multicast problems. IPv4 didn't need Ethernet level multicast to function but IPv6 has dropped broadcasts in favour of multicast and so it depends on multicast for even basic functionality - like neighbour discovery (ARP analogue). Some NIC's have hardware problems with multicast but these are quite rare in practice. But NIC driver needs to support multicast too (IPv6 testing has shown multicast problems in several NIC drivers). This mught bite you on m68k too - does anyone know which m68k ethernet drivers work with multicast and which don't? I have also seen ipv6-disabling multicast problems with high-end switches but these were cured by firmware update. -- Meelis Roos
