ipv6 setup problem

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triablo · Post by **triablo** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:04 am

Hi!

I have this elegant little problem setting up ipv6 support...

- I have activated everything i could find in mentioning ipv6 in Device Drivers -> Networking Support -> Networking Options.
- AND I activated the ipv6 feature in rc.conf.

Yet still i don't seem to have a working ipv6 setup.
(no ipv6 in `ifconfig lo`, no existing "/proc/net/if_inet6")
Is there anything else i have to do to make the crap work?

I tried asking at IRC (both freenode and efnet), but it's funny how busy all the people get when someone needs help...

thanks for serious answers.

-- Bjørn

ikaro · Post by **ikaro** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:12 am

how did you setup the tunnel ? .. I mean, you do have an ipv6 tunnel(ipv6->ipv4), right ?

triablo · Post by **triablo** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:34 am

erm, i might have miisspelled myself.
i haven't set up any tunnel broker yet. what I'm dealing with, is getting my kernel to SUPPORT the ipv6 protocol. should be the easiest thing, yet I'm still having problems.

ikaro · Post by **ikaro** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:57 am

in the kernel config:
--> networking --> networking options --> <*> The IPv6 protocol

and after booting the new kernel:

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test -f /proc/net/if_inet6 && echo "Running kernel is IPv6 ready" 
Running kernel is IPv6 ready

which kernel are you using, eventually put the kernel config online.

triablo · Post by **triablo** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:06 am

that's _exactly_ what i've been trying for about 100 times.
i DID activate ipv6, i DID recompile the kernel & reboot, and i also DID NOT have the ipv6 support. (no /proc/net/if_ìnet6 yet)

not to be rude or anything, but that's why i came here.

triablo · Post by **triablo** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:10 am

I'm using 2.6.11-gentoo-r6...

here's my config:
http://hoppeku.sytes.net/files/kernelconfig

ikaro · Post by **ikaro** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:29 am

can you try a plain vanilla kernel ?
I've seen tons and tons of people having trouble with these gentoo patched kernels, which are nowhere to be seen on vanilla kernels.

from the config you do have ipv6 enabled ( CONFIG_IPV6=y )
So if I were you, I would try a vanilla kernel w/out wierd patches.

triablo · Post by **triablo** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:44 am

gah, it's a 233mhz machine, so compiling a new kernel from scratch would be a whole day project. but i guess it's worth it!

ikaro · Post by **ikaro** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:02 am

i can give you a hand with that, if you have bandwith to download it from me ?
it takes only a minute on my box.

triablo · Post by **triablo** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:40 am

guh, nevermind. I've already started the copmile.
it's nos quite as bas as I said, It's 1-2 hours or so.

triablo · Post by **triablo** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:43 pm

thank you, it worked perfectly with the vanilla kernel.

Do you know about any good nordic tunnel providers?

And when I have a running ipv6 tunnel, how do I do stuff via it? like, connect to IRC, etc via the tunnel

ikaro · Post by **ikaro** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:00 pm

there arent any nordic TB's anymore, there used to be one in norway, but its closed.

i'd recomend sixxs.net - its pretty stable.
then read some docs about ipv6 and how to setup and use it.

triablo · Post by **triablo** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:15 pm

hmm....xiando showed me some norwegian broker site yesterday, I'm almost certaint that it was still active...
I'll keep you posted. (here/irc)