On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 07:19:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The ipv6 newtwork is setup in rc.local: > > #Setup ipv6 routing: > echo -n 'Setting Up IPv6 to OCCAID Network' > ifconfig gif0 giftunnel 68.21.68.114 69.72.192.238 > ifconfig gif0 inet6 2001:4830:e2:25::2 > route add -inet6 2001:4830:e2:25::1 -prefixlen 64 2001:4830:e2:25::2 > route add -inet6 default 2001:4830:e2:25::1 > > It could well be that on boot-up this is address is not avaiable yet..and > I might need to put in a delay (say startup with cron perhaps)... >
Why not setting up the gif tunnel with /etc/hostname.gif0 ? The network setup is done before bgpd starts and so your problem is solved. > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 06:34:04PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> When I try and startup OpenBGP at boot time I get the following error > >> message: > >> > >> Dec 15 18:15:45 www bgpd[31059]: neighbor 2001:4830:e2:25::1 (AS30071): > >> session_connect bind: Can't assign requested address > >> > > > > You force a local address bgpd has to bind to via the local-address config > > option. It seems that on bootup the requested address is not yet > > available. It looks like your IPv6 settup is done after bgpd is started. > > > > How do you configure the IPv6 network? > > > >> Is there some type of a problem in synchroniziation at boot time wih > >> remote AS's? Maybe sometime of a delay is needed under certain > >> circunstances... > >> > > > > It mostly depends on when your local address gets available. > > > > -- > > :wq Claudio > -- :wq Claudio
