On 03/30/2013 02:55 PM, Louis Lagendijk wrote: > hello all, > Let me start of by thanking Tom for a great product. I have been using > Shorewall for a long time now. > > I have a small issue that is complicating my IPv6 setup: when Linux is > configured as router it does not by accept router advertisements when > forwarding is enabled. That can be enabled on more recent kernels by > setting /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$INTERFACE/accept_ra to 2. > > Tom, would it be possible to add an option in the interfaces that sets > the interface. Adding an option accept_ra=x would allow setting it. This > would be quite similar to setting the forwarding there. > >>From the kernel documentation: > accept_ra - INTEGER > Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them. > > > It also determines whether or not to transmit Router > Solicitations. If and only if the functional setting is to > accept Router Advertisements, Router Solicitations will be > transmitted. > > Possible values are: > 0 Do not accept Router Advertisements. > 1 Accept Router Advertisements if forwarding is disabled. > 2 Overrule forwarding behaviour. Accept Router Advertisements > even if forwarding is enabled. > > Functional default: enabled if local forwarding is disabled > disabled if local forwarding is enabled. > > Judging by the purpose of the variable it might be appropriate to add it > as an option. It is somewhat similar to the forwarding option.... > Thanks in advance for your feedback >
Hi Louis, I will be happy to add it in 4.5.16. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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