[Olsr-dev] IPv6 & interface detection

[Ferry Huberts]

On 05-06-12 18:29, Manuel Munz wrote:
> On 05.06.2012 17:48, Ferry Huberts wrote:
>> Hi guys
>>
>> I'm running some tests on PUD to see whether it works on IPv6 and see
>> the following:
>>
>>> No interfaces detected! This might be intentional, but it also might
>>> mean that your configuration is fubar.
>>
>> I have configured my em1 (=eth0) as the olsr interface and the kernel
>> says it runs IPv4 and IPv6:
>>
>>> em1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>   mtu 1500
>>>          inet 172.16.4.96  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 172.16.4.255
>>>          inet6 fe80::f2de:f1ff:fe8a:7f9  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
>>>          ether f0:de:f1:8a:07:f9  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
>>>          RX packets 20757585  bytes 10644069226 (9.9 GiB)
>>>          RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
>>>          TX packets 31816761  bytes 42145281687 (39.2 GiB)
>>>          TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>>>          device interrupt 20  memory 0xf2600000-f2620000
>>
>>
>> I'm not expecting the error I'm seeing.
>> Anybody an idea why olsrd doesn't see my interface as IPv6 capable?
>> (IPv4 works fine)
>>
>> PS. sorry if this might postpone the release again ;-)
>
> I think you must configure the interface with a non-link local ipv6 address.

ah, thanks
could have thought of this myself but have staring a bit too long at 
code I think ;-)


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Ferry Huberts