Public bug reported:
I have NM (1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) on my eth0 interface. The IPv6 setup
is "Automatic" (via the NM GUI). When first starting up (or if I
manually run "nmcli connection up Ethernet") I have IPv6 connectivity,
as NM will hear my router's RA and assign a default route via the
router's advertised link-local address:
default via fe80::4cf4:93ff:fec3:321 dev eth0 proto static metric 100
pref medium
The problem comes some time later when my router (Google WiFi) for some
reason will change its link-local address, and by extension, the IPv6
default route. I don't know why this happens, but I do know the router
will send that new LL default address in response to Router
Solicitations (which this box generates, BTW), and which I've verified
via "traceroute"- yet NM will ignore the new IPv6 default route and
continue to use whatever value it got when booting (or from "nmcli
connection up").
At this point I have no external IPv6 connectivity.
Even if I delete that default route and manually re-assign it (and even
using the "ra" vs. "static" designation) when the router sends another
RA NM replaces the default route, and with the OLD bad address.
Please fix NM so that it pays attention to the RAs that routers send.
Apparently I can't manually assign a default route (which can also be
"<my ISP's assigned/64>::") and also have "Automatic" or "Automatic,
Addresses Only" for the address selection (I need DHCPv6 to run, I don't
want to manually assign an IPv6 address). Trying to add "gateway=" to
the [ipv6] config section of /etc/NetworkManager/system-
connections/Ethernet is ignored.
** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
IPv6 Default Route is "static" Instead of "ra", IPv6 Eventually Stops
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