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      databeestje
      last edited by

      it appears to be a issue with a combination of the dhcp server and the client.

      I've upgraded the dhcp server to 4.2, that should fix the issue with the dhcp leases file. Maybe i'm missing a option I need to send that carries the prefix length.

      More work soon, I have a family issue that I find far more important then IPv6 atm.

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        MrKoen
        last edited by

        Without a doubt Databeestje. Good luck solving the family issue.

        I'll play with it some more to see if I can perhaps find something. I will share any possible findings in this topic.

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          MrKoen
          last edited by

          I just updated my pfSense to the latest AMD64 release and gitsynced with the latest Smos updates. I now notice that my interfaces having the DHCPv6 service enabled (router advertisements set to Assisted - if this matters) will first at boot have their static IPv6 addresses assigned, but seconds after done booting they will acquire an IPv6 lease from the DHCPv6 service themselves. Interfaces not having the DHCPv6 service enabled stay with their configured static leases. To correct this, I go go the interface configuration page, don't change anything, press Save and after that Apply changes and the static IPv6 address is back again. I guess this is a thing for the todo list whenever you find time for it.

          I'll continue to see if I can find something to change the /128 cidr notation on provided IPv6 leases.

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            databeestje
            last edited by

            if there is 1 interface that has dhcp enabled I toggle the allow router advertisements sysctl. Problem is that it is not a per interface, but a global.

            Thus pfSense receives it's own advertisement. That wasn't supposed to happen. There should have been a few new arguments I could pass to ifconfig to enable or disable those.

            Needs more work.

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              MrKoen
              last edited by

              I think I might have found a solution to the /128 problem on DHCPv6 leases. If you remove the following parameter from the /var/etc/rtadvd.conf config file, it does work as expected and it does register a /64 route on the provided DHCPv6 address:

              :pinfoflags#64

              My working config:

              common definitions.

              default:
                     :raflags#0:rltime#3600:
                     :vltime#360000:pltime#360000:mtu#1500:
              ether:
                     :mtu#1280:tc=default:

              Generated for DHCPv6 Server lan

              em0:
              :addr="2001:470:1:1:0:0:0:0":
              :prefixlen#64:
              :raflags="mo":
              :tc=ether:

              Generated for DHCPv6 Server opt1

              em0_vlan3:
              :addr="2001:470:1:2:0:0:0:0":
              :prefixlen#64:
              :raflags="mo":
              :tc=ether:

              With this config, I do get assigned an address in the 2001:470:1:1/64 range on my em0 interface and an address in the 2001:470:1:2/64 range on my em0_vlan3 interface. Clients on both interfaces now do register a /64 route in the routing table.

              /edit: some additional info

              I test this by going to the console and executing the "killall -9 rtadvd" command. Next I edit the /var/etc/rtadvd.conf file taking out the :pinfoflags#64 and leave all else as is. Then on the console I run "rtadvd -d -D -c /var/etc/rtadvd.conf em0 em0_vlan3". On my Windows 7 client I run the following command "ipconfig /release6 | ipconfig /renew6" and after that I run "route print". I now see the default gateway being registered at its fe80 link local address and an On-link registration for 2001:470:1:1::/64.

              :D

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                MrKoen
                last edited by

                Just gitsynced with the new gitsync hub. I notice the DHCPv6 service is no longer working. In the DHCP logs I find many of these errors:

                dhcpd: dhcpv6: send_packet6() sent -1 of 120 bytes
                dhcpd: send_packet6: Operation not permitted

                Any clues to what could be wrong this time?

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                  wallabybob
                  last edited by

                  The interface dhcpd is using has a link local (fe80::…) IPv6 address? http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,37079.0.html might be relevant.

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                    MrKoen
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                    Yes it is. This is my ifconfig output:

                    ifconfig em0
                    em0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                            options=1209b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwfilter>ether 00:ff:ff:51:00:01
                            inet6 fe80::225:90ff:fe34:bfae%em0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                            inet 192.168.xxx.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.51.255
                            inet6 2001:470:xxx:xxx::1 prefixlen 64
                            nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                            status: active</full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwfilter></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>

                    I gitsynced against the latest version, so what you're describing in your topic should also be included with that version. I finally had the DHCPv6 thing to work and now its broken again. Humpf :) Any other clues to what it could be? The RTADVD announcements work well. When the machine times out querying for a DHCPv6 address, it will auto generate one in the proper subnet with the proper route and proper gateway.

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                      wallabybob
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                      @Koen:

                      Yes it is. This is my ifconfig output:

                      ifconfig em0
                      em0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                              options=1209b <rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwfilter>ether 00:ff:ff:51:00:01
                              inet6 fe80::225:90ff:fe34:bfae%em0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                              inet 192.168.xxx.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.51.255
                              inet6 2001:470:xxx:xxx::1 prefixlen 64
                              nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                              status: active</full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum,vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwfilter></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>

                      I gitsynced against the latest version, so what you're describing in your topic should also be included with that version.

                      Yes, but that should have been relevant only on bridges because they don't automatically create an IPv6 link local address from their generated MAC address. (My LAN interface is bridge0).

                      I notice that your em0 interface has a link local IPv6 address that seems totally unrelated to the reported MAC address. This doesn't seem right but I don't know if it is relevant.

                      On my system vr0 is a member of bridge0, the LAN interface. Notice the relationship between MAC address and IPv6 link local address:

                      ifconfig vr0

                      vr0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
                      options=82808 <vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic,linkstate>ether 00:30:18:b0:19:48
                      inet6 fe80::230:18ff:feb0:1948%vr0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
                      nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
                      status: active
                      #</full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></vlan_mtu,wol_ucast,wol_magic,linkstate></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>

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                        MrKoen
                        last edited by

                        This might be because I have spoofed my WAN side MAC address. The "official" MAC address can be noted in the fe80 address. It has been like that for a while already, so don't think that will be the problem.

                        Does the DHCPv6 service work correctly at your installation? Would you mind comparing settings to see if something is different there?

                        My DHCPv6 settings are (/services_dhcpv6.php):

                        Router Advertisements: Assisted
                        Enable DHCPV6 server on LAN interface: Checked
                        Deny unknown clients: Not checked
                        Subnet: 2001:470:xxx:xxx:0:0:0:0
                        Subnet mask: 64 bits
                        Available range: 2001:470:xxx:xxx:0:0:0:1 - 2001:470:xxx:xxx:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
                        Range: 2001:470:xxx:xxx::1000 to 2001:470:xxx:xxx::1050
                        Prefix Delegation Range: <empty>to <empty>prefix length 48
                        DNS servers: 2001:470:xxx:xxx::20 and 2001:1af8:xxx:xxx:2::1001
                        Gateway: 2001:470:xxx:xxx::1
                        Domain name: home.networks.zomers.eu
                        Domain search list: <empty>Default lease time: <empty>Maximum lease time: <empty>Failover peer IP: <empty>All of the Advanced options are also emtpy.
                        No additional BOOTP/DHCP options.

                        I do use static DUID/IPv6 mappings.</empty></empty></empty></empty></empty></empty>

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                          MrKoen
                          last edited by

                          I have found the problem! I accidentally added the fe80::/16 range to the EasyRuleBlockHostsLAN alias to avoid my pfSense logs being swamped with local traffic. This caused these packets to be blocked thus the errors to be generated. I have removed the fe80::/16 range from the alias and the problem went away. DHCPv6 and static mappings are working smoothly now :D

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