PPPoe 6rd broken from 2.4.4_p3 to 2.5

A Former User

Been using 2.5 for a while when I noticed that I had disabled ipv6 on 2.4 before upgrading. Tried enabling a Centurylink 6rd tunnel on 2.5 (2.5.0.a.20190520.1137) and found the test-ipc6.com tests were failing. Switched back to 2.4.4 to find the 6rd tunnel was functioning. Both were using the same configuration file.

In the working 2.4.4 log I find:

May 25 16:38:53 	ppp 		[wan] IFACE: Up event
May 25 16:38:53 	ppp 		[wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe2
May 25 16:38:54 	php-fpm 	545 	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on pppoe2.
May 25 16:38:54 	php-fpm 	545 	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: 75.174.59.240) (interface: WAN[wan]) (real interface: pppoe2).
May 25 16:38:54 	dhcpleases 		/etc/hosts changed size from original!
May 25 16:38:54 	kernel 		stf0: changing name to 'wan_stf'
May 25 16:38:54 	php-fpm 	545 	/rc.newwanip: rd6 lan with ipv6 address 2602:4b:ae3b:f000::1 based on wan ipv4 75.174.59.240
May 25 16:38:56 	php-fpm 	544 	/interfaces.php: rd6 lan with ipv6 address 2602:4b:ae3b:f000::1 based on wan ipv4 75.174.59.240
May 25 16:38:56 	kernel 		stf0: changing name to 'wan_stf'

From 2.5 log

May 26 08:05:42 	ppp 	8922 	[wan] IFACE: Up event
May 26 08:05:42 	ppp 	8922 	[wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe2
May 26 14:05:42 	php 	378 	rc.bootup: The command '/sbin/ifconfig wan_stf inet6 2602:4b:ae2a:a100::/24' returned exit code '1', the output was 'ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Invalid argument'
May 26 08:05:42 	kernel 		stf0: changing name to 'wan_stf'

Two observations; one, the time stamp is off 6 hours in the 2.5 log on some records and the /sbin/ifconfig command is failing with an invalid argument.

The response to the ipconfig on 2.4.4 are:

ifconfig:

em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC>
	ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
	hwaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
	inet 192.168.xxx.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.xxx.255
	inet6 fe80::1:1%em0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
	inet6 2602:xx:xxxx:xxxxx::1 prefixlen 64
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
	status: active
alc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=c319a<TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE>
	ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
	hwaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
	inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%alc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
	status: active
enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	groups: enc
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
	options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	groups: lo
pflog0: flags=100<PROMISC> metric 0 mtu 33160
	groups: pflog
pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500
	groups: pfsync
	syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 defer: on
	syncok: 1
pppoe2: flags=88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1492
	inet xx.xxx.xxx.xxx --> xxx.xx.xx.xx netmask 0xffffffff
	inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%pppoe2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
ovpns1: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=80000<LINKSTATE>
	inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%ovpns1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
	inet 10.0.xxx.1 --> 10.0.xxx.2 netmask 0xffffff00
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	groups: tun openvpn
	Opened by PID 1325
wan_stf: flags=4041<UP,RUNNING,LINK2> metric 0 mtu 1280
	inet6 2602:xx:xxxx:xxxx:: prefixlen 24
	nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
	v4net 65.129.137.112/32 -> tv4br 205.171.2.64
	groups: stf

vs 2.5:

ifconfig:

em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=81259b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,LRO,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER>
	ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
	inet 192.168.xxx.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.xxx.255
	inet6 fe80::1:1%em0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
	inet6 2602:xx:xxxx:xxxx::1 prefixlen 64
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
	status: active
alc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=c319a<TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE>
	ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
	inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%alc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
	status: active
enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	groups: enc
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
	options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	groups: lo
pflog0: flags=100<PROMISC> metric 0 mtu 33160
	groups: pflog
pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500
	groups: pfsync
	syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 defer: on
	syncok: 1
pppoe2: flags=88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1492
	inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx --> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xffffffff
	inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%pppoe2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
ovpns1: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=80000<LINKSTATE>
	inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx%ovpns1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
	inet 10.0.xxx.1 --> 10.0.xxx.2 netmask 0xffffff00
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	groups: tun openvpn
	Opened by PID 66485
wan_stf: flags=4000<LINK2> metric 0 mtu 1280
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	groups: stf

Anybody observed this problem with 6rd?

jimp

Might be some adjustment needed for FreeBSD 12. Open an issue on https://redmine.pfsense.org including the information you posted.

A similar issue happened when we moved for FreeBSD 11.x (See https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7272 ) but it's not clear if this is a comparable situation now.

A Former User

Thanks for the reply, issue #9561 has been submitted. I reviewed #7272 before looking for helpful debugging information. Issue seamed to focused on the gateway monitoring. My issue seams to centered on establishing the ipv6 address on the wan_stf interface. Monitoring won't work until the interface is up.