24 Feb
2013
24 Feb
'13
3:06 a.m.
Hi,
Linux radvd is (still) a heap of junk and I'd like to stop using it.
That would prevent SLAAC¹ from working on your VPSes. For years,
VPSes have been set up without using SLAAC anyway.
Is anyone here using SLAAC on their BitFolk VPS currently?
Cheers,
Andy
¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Stateless_address_autoconfiguration_.28SL…
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24 Feb
24 Feb
2:10 p.m.
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 03:06:25AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi,
Linux radvd is (still) a heap of junk and I'd like to stop using it.
That would prevent SLAAC¹ from working on your VPSes. For years,
VPSes have been set up without using SLAAC anyway.
Is anyone here using SLAAC on their BitFolk VPS currently?
I was going to say 'I do.', but then I got cold feet and realized I
actually don't. It is sufficient with a "post-up ip -d addr add ..."
right?
Anyway, I am using it at three of my networks, haven't seen any
problems with it for a year or three. What's the junky bits?
- OM
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4:05 p.m.
On 24/02/2013 03:06, Andy Smith wrote:
Linux radvd is (still) a heap of junk and I'd like
to stop using it.
Just curious what the issues are with radvd - I'm using it here on my
home network and it appears to do just what you'd expect it to do. Then
again, this is probably the simplest possible setup - a single subnet.
I'm using manual configuration on my VPS and manual configuration on the
box at this end which is acting as the IPv6 router. Then radvd for
auto-config of hosts in the subnet.
Mike
25 Feb
25 Feb
1:47 a.m.
Hello,
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 03:10:20PM +0100, Ole-Morten Duesund wrote:
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 03:06:25AM +0000, Andy Smith
wrote:
That would be what I would call a static configuration and I would
expect servers to be statically configured for IPv6 in most
circumstances. There are exceptions like maybe getting just default
gateway from RA, but that doesn't apply at BitFolk.
Linux radvd is (still) a heap of junk and I'd
like to stop using it.
That would prevent SLAAC¹ from working on your VPSes. For years,
VPSes have been set up without using SLAAC anyway.
Is anyone here using SLAAC on their BitFolk VPS currently?
I was going to say 'I do.', but then I got cold feet and realized I
actually don't. It is sufficient with a "post-up ip -d addr add ..."
right? Anyway, I am using it at three of my networks,
haven't seen any
problems with it for a year or three. What's the junky bits?
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 04:05:23PM +0000, Mike Zanker wrote:
Just curious what the issues are with radvd - I'm
using it here on my
home network and it appears to do just what you'd expect it to do.
Then again, this is probably the simplest possible setup - a single
subnet.
I use radvd at home too. It's fine for giving desktops their setup.
At BitFolk I find the constant disappearing and re-appearing of
network interfaces (e.g. when a VPS is rebooted) sometimes upsets it
a lot. Segfaults, hanging with 99% CPU usage, constantly spewing
things like:
kahlua radvd[7767]: resetting ipv6-allrouters membership on $interface
into the syslog every four seconds until the process is restarted.
Right now I have to have scripts to check it is running and scripts
to check it isn't running but consuming 99% CPU.
And well, if I don't need to run it then I'd rather not, regardless.
Cheers,
Andy
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