On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 16:53 -0800, Lai, Weiwen wrote: > > Does nm currently support both stateful and stateless ipv6 address auto > configurations? Mentioned below is that the ipv6 infratructure is > already done for nm, I wonder what is missing in ipv6 implementation > with nm 0.7 RC2 release? I am mostly interested in wired networks.
NM 0.7 does not support IPv6 configuration at this time, and further work is necessary. _Some_ of the infrastructure is present, but by no means all of it. IPv6 support is a target for the next development cycle of NetworkManager. dan > What is the expected time frame for this full ipv6 feature delivery? > > Thanks, > Weiwen > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Williams > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:46 AM > To: Paul Wouters > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: v6 only networks broken? > > On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 02:40 -0500, Paul Wouters wrote: > > hi, > > > > I am not sure if someelse else at IETF already raised this, but NM > > does not work on IPv6 only networks. After association on the wifi, it > > > disassociates with "could not obtain an address". We suspect because > > it did not get an ipv4 ip address via dhcp, though we did get an ipv6 > > address. > > Correct; NM won't (yet) try to get IPv6 addresses, though we have some > infrastructure to handle IPv6 via LL, router advertisements, and DHCP > +/- information only mode, it's not all there. Full IPv6 support will > be added in the near future and is a major target for post 0.7 > development. > > NM should not stomp on IPv6 LL addresses that get assigned to the > interface however. If it does, it's a bug. > > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
