Re: "accept_ra 1" vs "accept_ra 2" in interfaces configuration-file

2018-08-26 Thread Martin T
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:02 AM Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi Martin, > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 01:06:32AM +0300, Martin T wrote: > > In addition, "accept_ra" with a value of 2 should ensure that RA > > messages are accepted even if forwarding for that interface is > > enabled, shouldn't it? > >

Re: "accept_ra 1" vs "accept_ra 2" in interfaces configuration-file

2018-08-21 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Martin, On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 01:06:32AM +0300, Martin T wrote: > In addition, "accept_ra" with a value of 2 should ensure that RA > messages are accepted even if forwarding for that interface is > enabled, shouldn't it? Yes, it should. That's the way it's documented and our use case is

Re: "accept_ra 1" vs "accept_ra 2" in interfaces configuration-file

2018-08-21 Thread Martin T
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 1:23 AM Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi Martin, > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 03:58:36PM +0300, Martin T wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 7:55 AM Andy Smith wrote: > > > Back in 2011 this was a hard-won battle: > > > > > > > > >

Re: "accept_ra 1" vs "accept_ra 2" in interfaces configuration-file

2018-08-20 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Martin, On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 03:58:36PM +0300, Martin T wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 7:55 AM Andy Smith wrote: > > Back in 2011 this was a hard-won battle: > > > > > > http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2011/09/04/linux-ipv6-router-advertisements-and-forwarding/ […] > Thanks for

Re: "accept_ra 1" vs "accept_ra 2" in interfaces configuration-file

2018-08-20 Thread Martin T
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 7:55 AM Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi Martin, > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 05:12:56AM +0300, Martin T wrote: > > According to "man interfaces" "accept_ra 1" makes interface to accept > > IPv6 RA messages. "accept_ra 2" does the same and in addition, it also > > enables

Re: "accept_ra 1" vs "accept_ra 2" in interfaces configuration-file

2018-08-19 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Martin, On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 05:12:56AM +0300, Martin T wrote: > According to "man interfaces" "accept_ra 1" makes interface to accept > IPv6 RA messages. "accept_ra 2" does the same and in addition, it also > enables forwarding. What does the forwarding mean in this context? One > could

"accept_ra 1" vs "accept_ra 2" in interfaces configuration-file

2018-08-19 Thread Martin T
Hi! According to "man interfaces" "accept_ra 1" makes interface to accept IPv6 RA messages. "accept_ra 2" does the same and in addition, it also enables forwarding. What does the forwarding mean in this context? One could think, that it modifies the /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/*/forwarding file(s),