Hello, Le mardi 28 mars 2006 06:24, vous avez écrit : > Adding IPv6 addresses to an existing /etc/network/interfaces file is > cumbersome, as IPv6 does not support the logical interfaces, like > eth0:23.
Well, it is cumbersome, but do-able:
...
up ip -6 addr add 2001:db8::1/64 dev $IFACE
down ip -6 addr del 2001:db8::1/64 dev $IFACE
> It would be convenient to make the /etc/network/interfaces
> file support similar concepts for both IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces.
IMHO, people should no longer use logical interfaces for IPv4 either. In
both case, the use of iproute/netlink instead of net-tools/ioctl allows
multiples addresses.
I personnaly find the idea of removing the ":xx" part of the interface
really ugly (as in uglier than using the "cumbersome" approach above).
I would expect naughty side effects, since it breaks common
assumptions.
> Also, for inet6 interfaces, the iproute2 commands can be used to
> handle interface operations instead of ifconfig.
True. But again, it is also true for IPv4 or any other protocol family.
Also, you can add and remove (IPv6-only) addresses using
ioctl/ifconfig/net-tools. Is there anything that does not work properly
when using the old interface? If not, I don't really see the point of
updating, at least not only IPv6; it might make sense to move
everything to iproute, but why just IPv6?
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Rémi Denis-Courmont
http://www.remlab.net/
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