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      databeestje
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      @iFloris The ndp binary will be included in snapshots shortly, it lists neighbours.

      It does not have a page yet, I need to make one first.

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        iFloris
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        @databeestje:

        @iFloris The ndp binary will be included in snapshots shortly, it lists neighbours.
        It does not have a page yet, I need to make one first.

        Great!
        Any list is better than none and your hard work is very much appreciated.
        Until a page is made we'll make do with the binary (when I figure out how to use it, that is).

        I remember someone saying something about implementing ipv6 being far too much work for one person..

        one layer of information
        removed

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          sullrich
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          @iFloris:

          I remember someone saying something about implementing ipv6 being far too much work for one person..

          In this case one person is doing the job of 2-3 people.   Seth has been working a lot on this project.

          Oh and send him beer.  He likes beer.

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            MrKoen
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            And more progress made.. issues 1 and 2 are resolved now. I had to go through all the steps again and even though all was correctly configured already, saving the settings again would create the appropriate config files to make it work without any custom scripts! Thanks bunches databeestje!  ;D

            I just synced with your recent update and I can also confirm the DHCPv6 to be working now! Making IPv6 reservations for DHCPv6 does not work yet, but I'm sure you're aware of that and have it somewhere on your huge todo list.

            Great work! Keep up the good job.

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              databeestje
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              Well, I figured it was broken. But Apple OS X does not have a dhcp v6 client. So testing that is … awkward.

              I'll add it to the list.

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                MrKoen
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                @databeestje:

                Well, I figured it was broken. But Apple OS X does not have a dhcp v6 client. So testing that is … awkward.

                I'll add it to the list.

                If you need to test updates on the DHCPv6 reserved leases, let me know and I'll be happy to do that for you on my installation here.

                I still prefer to know what IPv6 addresses are assigned to my servers instead of having them assigned a random IPv6 and make them accessible via registering the lease in the DHCP. So I'll be using the Windows DHCPv6 service in the meantime. A difference between the Windows DHCPv6 service and the pfSense DHCPv6 service I noticed is that in Windows I need to register a static lease based on the DHCPv6 IAID and Client DUID and with pfSense it's based on the MAC address like with DHCPv4. What's the difference and why is there a difference?

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                  Cino
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                  Quick question, under System: Advanced: Networking: IPv6 Options, do we need to have 'Allow IPv6' checked? I noticed when its check, I see local-link IPv6 addresses are being blocked by my LAN rule(Allow LAN Subnet only). When its unchecked, I dont see them being blocked.

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                    databeestje
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                    I just committed a filter rule fix for a typo.

                    That setting should be checked to have any hope of getting somthing ipv6 through pfsense. If it is unchecked all ipv6 traffic will be blocked without being logged

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                      GrandmasterB
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                      Is it correct that with the smos IPv6 getsync, static routes al only possible with ipv6 routes?
                      I'm trying to add a ipv4 static route and it is not working, it stays blank.

                      Maybe for the buglist?

                      thnx.

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                        wiz561
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                        @databeestje:

                        Well, I figured it was broken. But Apple OS X does not have a dhcp v6 client. So testing that is … awkward.

                        OSX does have a dhcp v6 client, right?  When I go into the advanced options in the interface settings, there's a spot for ipv6.  Or, is it something else you were talking about?

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                          databeestje
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                          @GrandmasterB:

                          Is it correct that with the smos IPv6 getsync, static routes al only possible with ipv6 routes?
                          I'm trying to add a ipv4 static route and it is not working, it stays blank.

                          Maybe for the buglist?

                          thnx.

                          Found and fixed

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                            GrandmasterB
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                            @databeestje:

                            @GrandmasterB:

                            Is it correct that with the smos IPv6 getsync, static routes al only possible with ipv6 routes?
                            I'm trying to add a ipv4 static route and it is not working, it stays blank.

                            Maybe for the buglist?

                            thnx.

                            Found and fixed

                            confirmed fixed! Thanks!

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                              Cino
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                              Is it normal to see link-local addresses in the dhcp log? I don't think i noticed it before but I just had a major issue after a git sync an hour ago. The DHCPd service hang while it was trying to read the /var/dhcpd/var/db/dhcpd6.leases file. I deleted the file and that seem to fix the issue.

                              If i change my LAN firewall rule to LAN subnet only from any any, I don't see the dhcp messages anymore but now they end up in the firewall log.

                              Thinking of blocking fe80:: on the LAN so I dont see it in the firewall log but I dont want to break autoconfig of ipv6(not sure if it would or not)

                              dhcpd: Sending Advertise to fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546
                              Feb 10 14:14:16 	dhcpd: Unable to pick client address: no addresses available
                              Feb 10 14:14:16 	dhcpd: Solicit message from fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546, transaction ID 0x12F3B600
                              Feb 10 14:13:44 	dhcpd: Sending Advertise to fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546
                              Feb 10 14:13:44 	dhcpd: Unable to pick client address: no addresses available
                              Feb 10 14:13:44 	dhcpd: Solicit message from fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546, transaction ID 0x12F3B600
                              Feb 10 14:13:36 	dhcpd: DHCPACK to 192.168.0.104 (00:1e:c9:2f:a0:fe) via em0
                              Feb 10 14:13:36 	dhcpd: DHCPINFORM from 192.168.0.104 via em0
                              Feb 10 14:13:28 	dhcpd: Sending Advertise to fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546
                              Feb 10 14:13:28 	dhcpd: Unable to pick client address: no addresses available
                              Feb 10 14:13:28 	dhcpd: Solicit message from fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546, transaction ID 0x12F3B600
                              Feb 10 14:13:20 	dhcpd: Sending Advertise to fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546
                              Feb 10 14:13:20 	dhcpd: Unable to pick client address: no addresses available
                              Feb 10 14:13:20 	dhcpd: Solicit message from fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546, transaction ID 0x12F3B600
                              Feb 10 14:13:16 	dhcpd: Sending Advertise to fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546
                              Feb 10 14:13:16 	dhcpd: Unable to pick client address: no addresses available
                              Feb 10 14:13:16 	dhcpd: Solicit message from fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546, transaction ID 0x12F3B600
                              Feb 10 14:13:14 	dhcpd: Sending Advertise to fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546
                              Feb 10 14:13:14 	dhcpd: Unable to pick client address: no addresses available
                              Feb 10 14:13:14 	dhcpd: Solicit message from fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546, transaction ID 0x12F3B600
                              Feb 10 14:13:13 	dhcpd: Sending Advertise to fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546
                              Feb 10 14:13:13 	dhcpd: Unable to pick client address: no addresses available
                              Feb 10 14:13:13 	dhcpd: Solicit message from fe80::51f3:b81e:bcf1:6fb5 port 546, transaction ID 0x12F3B600
                              Feb 10 14:13:13 	dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.104 to 00:1e:c9:2f:a0:fe (dellbox-win7) via em0
                              Feb 10 14:13:13 	dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.104 from 00:1e:c9:2f:a0:fe (dellbox-win7) via em0
                              Feb 10 14:11:37 	dhcpd: Sending on Socket/14/em0/2001:470:XXXX:XXXX::/64
                              Feb 10 14:11:37 	dhcpd: Listening on Socket/14/em0/2001:470:XXXX:XXXX::/64
                              
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                                databeestje
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                                without link local addresses you can not connect to the dhcp server. What is most likely here is that I am missing a rule that allows access to the dhcp server.

                                Thanks for testing. I'll go build a dhcp6 leases status page and a diag_ndp.php page for neighbour listings. It is now included in the snapshots and can be run from the command page with ndp -a.

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                                  Cino
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                                  @databeestje:

                                  without link local addresses you can not connect to the dhcp server. What is most likely here is that I am missing a rule that allows access to the dhcp server.

                                  Thanks for testing. I'll go build a dhcp6 leases status page and a diag_ndp.php page for neighbour listings. It is now included in the snapshots and can be run from the command page with ndp -a.

                                  Thank you for building this into pfsense!!! As you build it, we will test it :-)

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                                    Daboom
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                                    @databeestje:

                                    I just committed a filter rule fix for a typo.

                                    That setting should be checked to have any hope of getting somthing ipv6 through pfsense. If it is unchecked all ipv6 traffic will be blocked without being logged

                                    Well this is great I did a fresh install onto my test system synced with the IPV6 git right away and setup my ISP's Native service only took bout 2 hours lol. I did have to change/add a line in interface.inc file as well need to find a place to have it auto run a route command when the connection comes up.

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                                      AkumaKuruma
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                                      Catching back up since you fixed the issues with IPv6 patches working on BETA5…..

                                      I have set the interfaces back up but i get the lovely oddball of the WANIPv6 address showing up in the config screen for the interface but not actually being applied to said interface. If i ping the address from the console on the pfSense box itself i get "ping6: UDP connect: no route to host" and as such cannot get any IPv6 traffic to egress thru the firewall. Internally I am getting DHCPv6 leases and can connect to the LANs IPv6 address just fine.

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                                        MrKoen
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                                        @AkumaKuruma:

                                        Catching back up since you fixed the issues with IPv6 patches working on BETA5…..

                                        I have set the interfaces back up but i get the lovely oddball of the WANIPv6 address showing up in the config screen for the interface but not actually being applied to said interface. If i ping the address from the console on the pfSense box itself i get "ping6: UDP connect: no route to host" and as such cannot get any IPv6 traffic to egress thru the firewall. Internally I am getting DHCPv6 leases and can connect to the LANs IPv6 address just fine.

                                        Not totally sure where it goes wrong here, but usually in my setup if the default route is gone, I go to System –> Routing --> Edit your IPv6 gateway --> Don't change anything --> Click Save --> Click apply changes and try again. This usually puts the default route back in. Can't really define yet where and why it gets lost.

                                        I'm now using a /48 IPv6 block from Hurricane Electric so I can have pfSense 2.0b5 assign a different IPv6 /64 block to my wifi connected NIC and a different /64 block to my normal LAN. Both my wifi connected devices and my lan connected devices are able to communicate using IPv6 to the internet and towards each other now. Works like a shiny christal ball. Absolutely amazing stuff.

                                        By the way, the captive portal stuff does not work yet in 2.0b5. I'm getting this error when enabling it:

                                        php: /status_services.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-CaptivePortal.conf' returned exit code '255', the output was '2011-02-11 00:08:44: (configfile.c.912) source: /var/etc/lighty-CaptivePortal.conf line: 186 pos: 1 parser failed somehow near here: (EOL)'

                                        Not sure if it's related to this gitsync and/or IPv6 and if I can and should report it somewhere. Does anybody know?

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                                          AkumaKuruma
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                                          its not the route that's missing, I cant hit the IPv6 address of the interface at all even from the firewall.

                                          EDIT: never mind. had wrong subnet in place. I can ping out as far as the gateway for that interface from inside, cant go farther than that though for some reason. still digging thru configs

                                          EDIT2: that problem was related to resaving the default gateway on the interface. 5x5 on connectivity now on IPv6

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                                            databeestje
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                                            @Koen:

                                            By the way, the captive portal stuff does not work yet in 2.0b5. I'm getting this error when enabling it:

                                            php: /status_services.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-CaptivePortal.conf' returned exit code '255', the output was '2011-02-11 00:08:44: (configfile.c.912) source: /var/etc/lighty-CaptivePortal.conf line: 186 pos: 1 parser failed somehow near here: (EOL)'

                                            Not sure if it's related to this gitsync and/or IPv6 and if I can and should report it somewhere. Does anybody know?

                                            I have not touched captive portal at all, so that likely won't work. I'll see if I can somehow duplicate the static route issue. I'll try and setup a new vm and see where that goes.

                                            @Daboom: what needed changing in interface.inc? The routing issue is known. Oh crap, I just rememberd something about the route. I'll go investigate that likely cause.

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