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    6to4 Tunnel seems to be broken.

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      podilarius
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      What screen shots would you like? It is really simple setup. Just choose 6to4 Tunnel in WAN config and created an allow all rule in LAN for IPv6.

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        eri--
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        Really just gitsync to the latest code and retry.
        I put your configuration on test vm and it just works!

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          podilarius
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          It usually makes no difference, but I am running the 32bit version.
          I tried gitsync and I even removed ipv6 config and rebooted and re-setup. It is now not creating an IP address on LAN either. Very strange.

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            podilarius
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            Used a spare public IP and tested with latest build and a git sycn on 32bit. Basic config .. set public ip on WAN and set a static with a free on in the net. Made sure traffic could pass. Result is that IPv6 does not work. LAN does not set IPv6 and WAN does not create the wan_stf interface. IPv6 using 6to4 tunnel fail. Testing 64bit now with same setup.

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              podilarius
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              Did get errors:

              
              php: : The command '/sbin/ifconfig wan_stf inet6 2002:4658:b479:: prefixlen 16' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ifconfig: interface wan_stf does not exist'
              
              

              and then of course:

              php: : The command '/sbin/route change -inet6 default '2002:c058:6301::'' returned exit code '1', the output was 'route: writing to routing socket: No such process route: writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable change net default: gateway 2002:c058:6301::: Network is unreachable'
              
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                podilarius
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                64bit pfSense also failed to create wan_stf. Here are the errors:

                php: : The command '/sbin/ifconfig wan_stf inet6 2002:4658:b479:: prefixlen 16' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ifconfig: interface wan_stf does not exist'
                

                and

                php: : The command '/sbin/route change -inet6 default '2002:c058:6301::'' returned exit code '1', the output was 'route: writing to routing socket: No such process route: writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable change net default: gateway 2002:c058:6301::: Network is unreachable'
                

                There was an error on boot about renaming the interface, but it went by quickly and I cannot capture it.

                update:
                okay it says that rename expect 1 parameter to be a string.

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                  bardelot
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                  Have you ever tried to execute that manually in Diagnostis->Command Prompt->PHP Execute?

                  $tmpstfiface = pfSense_interface_create("stf");
                  var_dump($tmpstfiface);

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                    podilarius
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                    nope .. but i did a scroll lock on the error and got this.
                    pfSense_interface_rename() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /etc/inc/interfaces.inc on line 3313.

                    That line reads: pfSense_interface_rename($tmpstfiface, $stfiface);
                    Parameter 1 I think is $tmpstfiface and is getting set by $tmpstfiface = pfSense_interface_create("stf");
                    if not then it is the $stfiface set by $stfiface = "{$interface}_stf";

                    But which ever one it is, its creating an array and not a string.

                    Update:
                    With parameters set to "wan" and "wan_stf", I no longer get the errors booting up, but it looks like stf is never created or renaming fails as I keep getting:

                    
                    The command '/sbin/ifconfig wan_stf inet6 2002:4658:b479:: prefixlen 16' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ifconfig: interface wan_stf does not exist'
                    
                    
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                      bardelot
                      last edited by

                      The $tmpstfiface variable is an array due to the fact that the "pfSense_interface_create" function returns an array (with the key "error" and value "Could not create interface") when an error occurs.

                      Try without using the "pfSense_interface_create" function by executing "ifconfig stf create" and see what happens.

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                        podilarius
                        last edited by

                        It is actually returning the string "Array" … I put in a log_error command to return the value of $tmpstfiface.

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                          bardelot
                          last edited by

                          Directly printing an array returns the string "Array".

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                            podilarius
                            last edited by

                            Okay .. how can I convert that from array to string to print the error? no other error is being shown.

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                              bardelot
                              last edited by

                              Use either "$output = var_export($var, true);" or "$output = print_r($var, true);" before feeding the $output variable to the log_error function. But I would be more interested in what happens when you execute "ifconfig stf create" on the command line, as the array contents will very likely only be "array( 'error' => "Could not create interface", )".

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                                podilarius
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                                It creates sft0 when I issue that command.

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                                  podilarius
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                                  okay, got it to show what it is putting in there. It is putting in a '1'.
                                  When I hard code it to pfSense_interface_rename("stf0", $stfiface); everything works!!!
                                  So, I am not sure why the pfSense_interface_create("stf"); is returning a 1 since it is created, but unsure why it is erroring out.

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                                    podilarius
                                    last edited by

                                    I can also confirm that if you do:
                                    ifconfig stf create
                                    ifconfig stf0 name wan_stf
                                    from the console, that the existing code works like a charm. It does not survive reboot though unless you do this yourself.

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                                      eri--
                                      last edited by

                                      I found out why :)
                                      Pushed a fix for this. The module for stf interface is not loaded that is why ifconfig works while pfSense calls do not!

                                      Upgrade/gitsync to latest code since there have been fixes for all your issues.

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                                        podilarius
                                        last edited by

                                        That is awesome!!! … Thanks Ermal it is working like a charm now.

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