Problems with IPv6
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I posted Static IPv6 Problems earlier, but I still have some problems getting IPv6 to work.
We have a /64 link net for the WAN (em2 with gateway xxxx:270:1
:1 and interface address xxxx:270:1:2), and a /48 net for the LAN (em1 with interface address xxxx:270:2016::1).The ISP is routing the whole /48 towards the link net. I'm able to ping external IPv6 hosts from pfSense's WAN interface, but not from the LAN interface.
The interfaces:
# ifconfig em1: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=42098 <vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwtso>ether 00:04:a7:0c:16:06 inet 10.110.0.1 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 10.110.1.255 inet6 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0c:1606%em1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet6 xxxx:270:2016::1 prefixlen 48 nd6 options=1 <performnud>media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>) status: active em2: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=42098 <vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwtso>ether 00:04:a7:0c:16:07 inet xx.175.7.58 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast xx.175.7.63 inet6 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0c:1607%em2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 inet6 xxxx:270:1:b::2 prefixlen 64 nd6 options=1 <performnud>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active</full-duplex></performnud></vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwtso></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud></vlan_mtu,vlan_hwtagging,vlan_hwcsum,wol_magic,vlan_hwtso></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>The routing table:
# netstat -r Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default gw.xxxx.no UGS 0 251092 em2 10.10.166.0 10.10.166.2 UGS 0 0 ovpns1 10.10.166.1 link#18 UHS 0 0 lo0 10.10.166.2 link#18 UH 0 0 ovpns1 10.110.0.0/23 link#2 U 0 208688 em1 zero link#2 UHS 0 0 lo0 xx.175.7.56/29 link#3 U 0 1585 em2 login.xxxx.no link#3 UHS 0 0 lo0 localhost link#14 UH 0 82 lo0 webproxy.yyyy.no gw.xxxx.no UGHS 0 0 em2 Internet6: Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire default xxxx:270:1:b::1 UGS em2 localhost localhost UH lo0 xxxx:270:1:b:: link#3 U em2 xxxx:270:1:b::2 link#3 UHS lo0 xxxx:270:2016:: link#2 U em1 xxxx:270:2016::1 link#2 UHS lo0 fe80::%em1 link#2 U em1 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 link#2 UHS lo0 fe80::%em2 link#3 U em2 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 link#3 UHS lo0 fe80::%em3 link#4 U em3 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 link#4 UHS lo0 fe80::%lo0 link#14 U lo0 fe80::1%lo0 link#14 UHS lo0 fe80::%ovpns1 link#18 U ovpns1 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 link#18 UHS lo0 ff01::%em1 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 U em1 ff01::%em2 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 U em2 ff01::%em3 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 U em3 ff01::%lo0 localhost U lo0 ff01::%ovpns1 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 U ovpns1 ff02::%em1 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 U em1 ff02::%em2 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 U em2 ff02::%em3 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 U em3 ff02::%lo0 localhost U lo0 ff02::%ovpns1 fe80::204:a7ff:fe0 U ovpns1Ping connectivity:
# ping6 -I em1 -c1 vg.no ## Ping from the LAN PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) xxxx:270:2016::1 --> 2001:67c:21e0::16 ping6: sendmsg: No route to host ping6: wrote vg.no 16 chars, ret=-1 --- vg.no ping6 statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss # ping6 -I em2 -c1 vg.no ## Ping from the WAN PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) xxxx:270:1:b::2 --> 2001:67c:21e0::16 16 bytes from 2001:67c:21e0::16, icmp_seq=0 hlim=56 time=1.162 ms --- vg.no ping6 statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 1.162/1.162/1.162/0.000 msThe ISP has the following route for our LAN:
Routing entry for xxxx:270:2016::/48 Known via "static", distance 1, metric 0 Route count is 1/1, share count 0 Routing paths: xxxx:270:1:B::2Does anyone know what we're doing wrong?
I'm using the latest pfSense 2.1 beta, and "pass all" rules for IPv6 on the LAN and WAN networks.
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Still no connectivity… is there anything in our firewall that could be blocking the traffic? It looks fairly sane to me:
# pfctl -sr anchor "relayd/*" all anchor "openvpn/*" all anchor "ipsec/*" all block drop in log inet all label "Default deny rule IPv4" block drop out log inet all label "Default deny rule IPv4" block drop in log inet6 all label "Default deny rule IPv6" block drop out log inet6 all label "Default deny rule IPv6" pass out quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to fe80::/10 icmp6-type echorep keep state pass out quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to fe80::/10 icmp6-type routersol keep state pass out quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to fe80::/10 icmp6-type routeradv keep state pass out quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to ff02::/16 icmp6-type echorep keep state pass out quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to ff02::/16 icmp6-type routersol keep state pass out quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to ff02::/16 icmp6-type routeradv keep state pass in quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to fe80::/10 icmp6-type echoreq keep state pass in quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to fe80::/10 icmp6-type routersol keep state pass in quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to fe80::/10 icmp6-type routeradv keep state pass in quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to ff02::/16 icmp6-type echoreq keep state pass in quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to ff02::/16 icmp6-type routersol keep state pass in quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from fe80::/10 to ff02::/16 icmp6-type routeradv keep state pass in quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from ff02::/16 to fe80::/10 icmp6-type echoreq keep state pass in quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from ff02::/16 to fe80::/10 icmp6-type routersol keep state pass in quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp from ff02::/16 to fe80::/10 icmp6-type routeradv keep state pass quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp all icmp6-type unreach keep state pass quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp all icmp6-type toobig keep state pass quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp all icmp6-type neighbrsol keep state pass quick inet6 proto ipv6-icmp all icmp6-type neighbradv keep state block drop quick inet proto tcp from any port = 0 to any block drop quick inet proto tcp from any to any port = 0 block drop quick inet proto udp from any port = 0 to any block drop quick inet proto udp from any to any port = 0 block drop quick inet6 proto tcp from any port = 0 to any block drop quick inet6 proto tcp from any to any port = 0 block drop quick inet6 proto udp from any port = 0 to any block drop quick inet6 proto udp from any to any port = 0 block drop quick from <snort2c>to any label "Block snort2c hosts" block drop quick from any to <snort2c>label "Block snort2c hosts" block drop in log quick proto tcp from <sshlockout>to any port = 2222 label "sshlockout" block drop in log quick proto tcp from <webconfiguratorlockout>to any port = https label "webConfiguratorlockout" block drop in quick from <virusprot>to any label "virusprot overload table" block drop in on ! em1 inet6 from xxxx:270:2016::/48 to any block drop in on em1 inet6 from fe80::204:a7ff:fe0c:1606 to any block drop in inet6 from xxxx:270:2016::1 to any block drop in on ! em1 inet from 10.110.0.0/23 to any block drop in inet from 10.110.0.1 to any pass in quick on em1 inet proto udp from any port = bootpc to 255.255.255.255 port = bootps keep state label "allow access to DHCP server" pass in quick on em1 inet proto udp from any port = bootpc to 10.110.0.1 port = bootps keep state label "allow access to DHCP server" pass out quick on em1 inet proto udp from 10.110.0.1 port = bootps to any port = bootpc keep state label "allow access to DHCP server" block drop in on ! em2 inet6 from xxxx:270:1:b::/64 to any block drop in on em2 inet6 from fe80::204:a7ff:fe0c:1607 to any block drop in inet6 from xxxx:270:1:b::2 to any block drop in on ! em2 inet from xx.175.7.56/29 to any block drop in inet from xx.175.7.58 to any pass in on lo0 inet all flags S/SA keep state label "pass IPv4 loopback" pass out on lo0 inet all flags S/SA keep state label "pass IPv4 loopback" pass in on lo0 inet6 all flags S/SA keep state label "pass IPv6 loopback" pass out on lo0 inet6 all flags S/SA keep state label "pass IPv6 loopback" pass out inet all flags S/SA keep state allow-opts label "let out anything IPv4 from firewall host itself" pass out inet6 all flags S/SA keep state allow-opts label "let out anything IPv6 from firewall host itself" pass out route-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet from xx.175.7.58 to ! xx.175.7.56/29 flags S/SA keep state allow-opts label "let out anything from firewall host itself" pass out route-to (em2 xxxx:270:1:b::1) inet6 from xxxx:270:1:b::2 to ! xxxx:270:1:b::/64 flags S/SA keep state allow-opts label "let out anything from firewall host itself" pass out on enc0 all flags S/SA keep state label "IPsec internal host to host" pass in quick on em1 proto tcp from any to (em1) port = https flags S/SA keep state label "anti-lockout rule" pass in quick on em1 proto tcp from any to (em1) port = http flags S/SA keep state label "anti-lockout rule" pass in quick on em1 proto tcp from any to (em1) port = 2222 flags S/SA keep state label "anti-lockout rule" pass in inet all flags S/SA keep state label "NAT REFLECT: Allow traffic to localhost" tagged PFREFLECT anchor "userrules/*" all pass in quick on em1 all flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE" pass in quick on em1 inet6 all flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE" pass in quick on enc0 all flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass in quick on openvpn all flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass in quick on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto tcp from any to 10.110.0.14 port = 61111 flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass in quick on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto udp from any to 10.110.0.14 port = 61111 keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass in quick on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto tcp from any to 10.110.0.2 port = ssh flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass in quick on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto udp from ww.215.128.0/18 to xx.175.7.58 port = 1194 keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass in quick on em2 reply-to (em2 xxxx:270:1:b::1) inet6 proto ipv6-icmp all icmp6-type echoreq keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass in quick on em2 reply-to (em2 xxxx:270:1:b::1) inet6 all flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE" pass in quick on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto tcp from any to 10.110.0.13 port = http flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass in quick on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto tcp from any to 10.110.0.16 port = ssh flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass in quick on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto tcp from any to 10.110.0.2 port = http flags S/SA keep state label "USER_RULE: something" pass out on em2 route-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto udp from any to zz.62.101.131 port = isakmp keep state label "IPsec: XXX / YYY VPN - outbound isakmp" pass in on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto udp from zz.62.101.131 to any port = isakmp keep state label "IPsec: XXX / YYY VPN - inbound isakmp" pass out on em2 route-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto esp from any to zz.62.101.131 keep state label "IPsec: XXX / YYY VPN - outbound esp proto" pass in on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto esp from zz.62.101.131 to any keep state label "IPsec: XXX / YYY VPN - inbound esp proto" pass out on em2 route-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto udp from any to yy.24.36.2 port = isakmp keep state label "IPsec: VPN to DotCom - outbound isakmp" pass in on em2 reply-to (em2 xx.175.7.57) inet proto udp from yy.24.36.2 to any port = isakmp keep state label "IPsec: VPN to DotCom - inbound isakmp" anchor "tftp-proxy/*" all anchor "miniupnpd" all</virusprot></webconfiguratorlockout></sshlockout></snort2c></snort2c> -
# ping6 -I em1 -c1 vg.no ## Ping from the LAN PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) xxxx:270:2016::1 --> 2001:67c:21e0::16 ping6: sendmsg: No route to host ping6: wrote vg.no 16 chars, ret=-1 --- vg.no ping6 statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet lossHave you also tried from an actual host in the LAN?
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Try a traceroute from the outside to your LAN IP, make sure it's really going to you.
Also try a packet capture on the WAN looking for the LAN IP you're trying to communicate from.
The symptoms you describe (works from WAN, not from LAN) in a routed setup are those you would see if your ISP was not actually routing the LAN net to you.
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@jimp:
From the above information that "henrik242" has given it looks like he is trying to ping an external host from the pfsense box but over the LAN interface. I believe that if in ping6 an interface is given as an argument it will not only use that interfaces address but also for looking up the route as well as packet sending.It is the exact the same behavior I experience here. When he's actually using a host behind the LAN interface it will most likely work.
Edit:
I guess I could have made that clearer in the above post.
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Ah, yeah I see.
Well when you do ping6 with -I it does that, but not with -S.
If you use -S (ip) then it will send it the right way, but the error is usually a bit different.
: ping6 -I em0 www.google.com PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2001:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::1 --> 2607:f8b0:4003:c01::69 ping6: sendmsg: No route to host ping6: wrote www.google.com 16 chars, ret=-1 ping6: sendmsg: No route to host ping6: wrote www.google.com 16 chars, ret=-1: ping6 -S 2001:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::1 www.google.com PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2001:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::1 --> 2607:f8b0:4003:c01::69 16 bytes from 2607:f8b0:4003:c01::69, icmp_seq=0 hlim=57 time=69.442 ms 16 bytes from 2607:f8b0:4003:c01::69, icmp_seq=1 hlim=57 time=66.597 ms
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