https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410032 User mfabian@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410032#c5 Mike Fabian <mfabian@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|mfabian@novell.com | --- Comment #5 from Mike Fabian <mfabian@novell.com> 2008-07-18 03:45:18 MDT --- Actually I don’t really know. The ifconfig output on the 64bit machine, where it does not work, is: mike@nozomi:/etc/sysconfig$ ifconfig dsl0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:83.171.162.87 P-t-P:82.135.16.28 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1 RX packets:880460 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1650826 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:77813360 (74.2 Mb) TX bytes:1959295120 (1868.5 Mb) eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:61:5C:D5:D9 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::204:61ff:fe5c:d5d9/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:905367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1674832 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:106180719 (101.2 Mb) TX bytes:2008417548 (1915.3 Mb) Interrupt:16 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:6202765 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6202765 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:52799819371 (50353.8 Mb) TX bytes:52799819371 (50353.8 Mb) mike@nozomi:/etc/sysconfig$ This 64bit machine is my router/gateway. On the 32bit machine, where it does work, the ifconfig output is: mike@linux:/etc/sysconfig$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:AC:05:29 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:22 Base address:0x8c00 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:35:C8:53:89 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:09:AC:05:29 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:22 Base address:0x8c00 inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20e:35ff:fec8:5389/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:118976 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:64438 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2238424035 (2134.7 Mb) TX bytes:413000223 (393.8 Mb) Interrupt:17 Base address:0x6000 Memory:fbffe000-fbffefff eth1:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:35:C8:53:89 inet addr:149.44.164.13 Bcast:149.44.164.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:17 Base address:0x6000 Memory:fbffe000-fbffefff lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:274059 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:274059 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:233060751 (222.2 Mb) TX bytes:233060751 (222.2 Mb) mike@linux:/etc/sysconfig$ Does it matter that no inet6 addr is listed for the dsl0 interface on my gateway (the 64bit machine)? I found that there is a variablee IPV6_FORWARD in /etc/sysconfig/sysctl: mike@nozomi:/etc/sysconfig$ grep -i ipv6 sysctl # Runtime-configurable parameter: forward IPv6 packets. IPV6_FORWARD="yes" # Runtime-configurable parameter: use temporary IPv6 addresses IPV6_PRIVACY=no IPV6_MLD_VERSION="" mike@nozomi:/etc/sysconfig$ This variable was set to "no" on both machines, I have just now set it to "yes" on the 64bit machine. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.