RE: v6 only networks broken?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 16:53 -0800, Lai, Weiwen wrote:
> 
> Does nm currently support both stateful and stateless ipv6 address auto
> configurations? Mentioned below is that the ipv6 infratructure is
> already done for nm, I wonder what is missing in ipv6 implementation
> with nm 0.7 RC2 release? I am mostly interested in wired networks.

NM 0.7 does not support IPv6 configuration at this time, and further
work is necessary.  _Some_ of the infrastructure is present, but by no
means all of it.  IPv6 support is a target for the next development
cycle of NetworkManager.

dan

> What is the expected time frame for this full ipv6 feature delivery?
> 
> Thanks,
> Weiwen
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: networkmanager-list-bounces gnome org
> [mailto:networkmanager-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Dan Williams
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:46 AM
> To: Paul Wouters
> Cc: networkmanager-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: v6 only networks broken?
> 
> On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 02:40 -0500, Paul Wouters wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > I am not sure if someelse else at IETF already raised this, but NM 
> > does not work on IPv6 only networks. After association on the wifi, it
> 
> > disassociates with "could not obtain an address". We suspect because 
> > it did not get an ipv4 ip address via dhcp, though we did get an ipv6 
> > address.
> 
> Correct; NM won't (yet) try to get IPv6 addresses, though we have some
> infrastructure to handle IPv6 via LL, router advertisements, and DHCP
> +/- information only mode, it's not all there.  Full IPv6 support will
> be added in the near future and is a major target for post 0.7
> development.
> 
> NM should not stomp on IPv6 LL addresses that get assigned to the
> interface however.  If it does, it's a bug.
> 
> Dan
> 
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