On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 10:32:32AM -0400, Nick Rosbrook wrote: > > Note that the default behavior of systemd-networkd-wait-online is to > > wait for any protocol to be configured. If you want to specifically > > require IPv6, you'll need to pass `--ipv6` via the commandline (using a > > systemd drop-in, probably) or add `RequiredFamilyForOnline=ipv6` to the > > interface's [Link] section. Otherwise you're just getting lucky that > > this is working for you, probably just based on timing of some > > configuration events. > > Before systemd-networkd-wait-online looks at configured address > families, it waits for the link state to be "configured". If a static > IPv6 address is requested in the configuration, the link state will > not be "configured" until the static address is set.
Yes, that's correct. I missed the static configuration detail earlier. What I wrote pertains to dynamic assignment. noah
