IPv6 testing
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After hours of experiments I finally got my IPv6 tunnel via HE.net to work :D The problem was indeed due to my physical setup. Once I removed the DLink DIR655 router as my gateway to the internet, all worked fine. Both for my Hyper-V virtualized pfSense 2.0 beta 5 image as for a dedicated machine installation I experimented with as long as they're directly connected to the internet modem.
Only problem with the Hyper-V virtualized instance was that the Legacy Network Adapters required for pfSense are limited to 100 mbit and in reality are not able to allow more than about 40 mbit/sec to flow through. Having an 120 mbit connection to the internet I decided to go with the dedicated machine for now.
The connection from my home pcs either to IPv4 sites or IPv6 sites is amazingly fast. I noticed that the biggest slowdown in surfing the web was due to the Ziggo DNS servers at 212.54.35.25 and 212.54.40.25 being very slow. They need an average of 2 to 3 seconds to reply to a DNS lookup. I'm now using the Google open DNS servers at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 and they're incredibly fast. At speedtest.net I score 122 mbits/sec download and 9 mbits/sec upload speeds. Surfing the web now is really a joy.
I'm still stuck with these issues though:
1. pfSense does not seem to add the line "ifconfig gif0 inet6 2001:470:1f14:xxx::2 2001:470:1f14:xxx::1 prefixlen 128". When I check "ifconfig gif0" after a reboot, this line is missing. When adding it manually via the console, its added and the connection to Hurricane Electric is created.
2. With the latest gitsync I can now indeed specify a default gateway for both IPv6 and IPv4, but they do not seem to be applied. I still need to do a "route -n add -inet6 default 2001:470:1f14:xxx::1" via the console to get it to route IPv6 traffic.
3. When trying to use the DHCPv6 service on pfSense 2b5, I'm seeing the following error in the system logs:
php: /services_dhcpv6.php: The command '/usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -6 -user dhcpd -group _dhcp -chroot /var/dhcpd -cf /etc/dhcpdv6.conf nge0' returned exit code '1', the output was 'Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.1.1-P1 Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ /etc/dhcpdv6.conf line 20: semicolon expected. option netbios-name-servers 2001: ^ Configuration file errors encountered – exiting If you did not get this software from ftp.isc.org, please get the latest from ftp.isc.org and install that before requesting help. If you did get this software from ftp.isc.org and have not yet read the README, please read it before requesting help. If you intend to request help from the dhcp-server@isc.org mailing list, please read the section on the README about submitting bug reports and requests for help. Please do not under any circumstances send requests for help
When checking /etc/dhcpdv6.conf I found that this file does not exist.
Anyone got an idea what can be the issue with any of these problems?
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v6.facebook.com
is one popular one :)It should be: www.v6.facebook.com. Without the www it is not listed in the DNS records.
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1. pfSense does not seem to add the line "ifconfig gif0 inet6 2001:470:1f14:xxx::2 2001:470:1f14:xxx::1 prefixlen 128". When I check "ifconfig gif0" after a reboot, this line is missing. When adding it manually via the console, its added and the connection to Hurricane Electric is created.
2. With the latest gitsync I can now indeed specify a default gateway for both IPv6 and IPv4, but they do not seem to be applied. I still need to do a "route -n add -inet6 default 2001:470:1f14:xxx::1" via the console to get it to route IPv6 traffic.
3. When trying to use the DHCPv6 service on pfSense 2b5, I'm seeing the following error in the system logs:
When checking /etc/dhcpdv6.conf I found that this file does not exist.
1. Have you actually created the gif interface as listed in the howto? http://iserv.nl/files/pfsense/ipv6/
2. This should really be fixed since yesterday or so. The subnet check on the routing page now correctly allows for saving the gateway on the gif interface. The IPv6 WAN interface should have the (default) listed on the page.
see http://iserv.nl/files/pfsense/ipv6/gateways-overview.png3. Looks like the netbios option is not supportedfor v6. I'll remove that.
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So far everything has been working smoothly for me.
After enabling ipv6 in remote locations I've been able to connect directly through the public address and even use the public dns name to resolve the ipv6 address.
Something that I haven't been able to find out though, is how can I see which machines use which address?
Is there something like a dhcp lease list or an arp-like list (though I know arp has been superseded by NDP).The reason for my wanting to know this, is that I want to make an alias containing all my ipv6 clients, so that I can add all of them in both ipv6wan-in and ipv6lan-out rules.
For instance: Currently, I can't seem to be able to connect to a local ftp through it's public address if I don't open the firewall port on the wanipv6 side as well.
A possible solution would be:
1. Collecting all my clients in a alias
2. making a rule in the gist of 'Allow all in alias ipv6clients to connect to all in alias ipv6 clients using any protocol on ipv6'
3. adding that rule in both wanipv6 and lan interfaces
So that:
4. All my 'trusted' are able clients to talk to another as if they were on the same local (unfiltered) network.However, short of opening network preferences, network control panel or running netstat on every machine that I have control over, finding out which ipv6 addresses are being used seems to be (as of yet) impossible.
Is there a way of finding out which machines are using which address and would the rule and alias combination that I propose above work as I think it would?
On a side note, I found some interesting information on the subject of NDP and ipv6 discovery in general here.
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1. Have you actually created the gif interface as listed in the howto? http://iserv.nl/files/pfsense/ipv6/
Yes I did. However, since that howto still shows some errors it's confusing to use. When I go to Interfaces -> (assign) -> GIF and edit the GIF to HE now, all seems to be fine. When I hit save and check "ifconfig gif0" on the console, I see it removed my "inet6 2001:470:1f14:xxx::2 –> 2001:470:1f14:xxx::1 prefixlen 128" line. Also my default ipv6 route is gone. What I do notice is that it has added "inet6 2001:470:1f14:xxx::2 prefixlen 128" as also stated in the howto. But no connection to HE and no IPv6 connectivity. Now when I run my custom script again which runs "ifconfig gif0 inet6 2001:470:1f14:xxx::2 2001:470:1f14:xxx::1 prefixlen 128", the connection to HE is up again. When I run "route -n add -inet6 default 2001:470:1f14:xxx::1" after that, my full IPv6 connectivity is alive again from both my pfSense machine as all my client machines behind it.
2. This should really be fixed since yesterday or so. The subnet check on the routing page now correctly allows for saving the gateway on the gif interface. The IPv6 WAN interface should have the (default) listed on the page.
see http://iserv.nl/files/pfsense/ipv6/gateways-overview.pngIt does indeed now display both default gateways. Check my attached image. It does add the default IPv4 gateway, but does not add the IPv6 default gateway. I'm thinking this is because of the problem expressed above at #1. I also can not add a default IPv6 gateway from the console before the "ifconfig gif0 inet6 2001:470:1f14:xxx::2 2001:470:1f14:xxx::1 prefixlen 128" line is executed and the connection to HE is set up, so I'm guessing at the background the same problem exists. The tunnel is not set up, so adding the default IPv6 gateway fails.
3. Looks like the netbios option is not supportedfor v6. I'll remove that.
Thanks! I'll monitor your repository to see when the update is available :)
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Another question by the way, I noticed that I can not reach the pfSense web UI via the IPv6 address set on the LAN facing NIC, only via its IPv4 address. Is there an easy way to have the webserver also bind to the IPv6 address to listen on or does that involve more than hacking some config file?
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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 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..
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 -
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.