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authorBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2001-02-07 21:58:37 +0000
committerBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2001-02-07 21:58:37 +0000
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add ipv6 documentation
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@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig
IPXAUTOFRAME=on|off (again, not yes|no)
IPXINTERNALNETNUM=<netnum>
IPXINTERNALNODENUM=<nodenum>
+ NETWORKING_IPV6=yes|no
+ Enable or disable global IPv6 initialiation
All the IPX stuff is optional, and should default to off.
@@ -151,6 +153,28 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig
adds a network route to the 192.168.2.0 network through ppp0.
+/etc/sysconfig/static-routes-ipv6:
+ Contains lines of the form:
+
+ <device> ipv6network ipv6gateway
+ <tunneldevice> ipv6network
+
+ <device> must be a device name to have the route brought up and
+ down with the device
+
+ For example:
+
+ eth0 fec0:0:0:2::/64 fec0:0:0:1:0:0:0:20
+ adds a route for IPv6 network fec0:0:0:2::/64 through fec0:0:0:1:0:0:0:20
+
+ eth0 2000::/3 3ffe:400:100:f101::1
+ eth0 3ffe::/16 3ffe:400:100:f101::1
+ so called "default" route for clients
+
+ sit1 2000::/3
+ sit1 3ffe::/16
+ adds routes through virtual tunnel sit1
+
/etc/sysconfig/routed:
SILENT=yes|no
@@ -329,6 +353,12 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
most of the code for handling alternative interface configurations
and interface change notification through netreport.
+/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions-ipv6:
+
+ Not really a public file. Contains functions which the scripts use
+ for bringing IPv6 on interfaces up and down, like addresses, routes,
+ forwarding handling and static or automatic tunneling.
+
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface-name> and
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface-name>:<alias-name>:
@@ -374,6 +404,38 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
NETWORK=<will be calculated automatically with ifcalc>
BROADCAST=<will be calculated automatically with ifcalc>
+ IPv6-only items for real interfaces:
+ IPV6INIT=yes|no
+ enable or disable IPv6 configuration for this interface
+ IPV6FORWARDING=yes|no
+ enable or disable forwarding of incoming IPv6 packes on this
+ interface (perhaps moved to sysctl in the future)
+ IPV6ADDR=<ipv6address>/<prefixlength>
+ specify primary static IPv6 address here
+ Example:
+ IPV6ADDR="3ffe:400:100:f101::1/64"
+ IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES=<list of ipv6 addresses>
+ a list of secondary IPv6 addresses (perhaps useful for virtual hosting)
+ Example:
+ IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES="3ffe:400:100:f101::10/64 3ffe:400:100:f101::11/64"
+
+ IPv6-only items for automatic tunnel interface:
+ Virtual interface name: sit0
+ IPV6INIT=yes|no
+ enable or disable IPv6 configuration for this interface
+ (Perhaps this configuration will be moved to /etc/rc.d/init.d/network in the future)
+
+ IPv6-only items for static unnumbered tunnel interface:
+ Virtual interface name: sit1..
+ IPV6INIT=yes|no
+ enable or disable IPv6 configuration for this interface
+ IPV6TUNNELIPV4=<ipv4 address of foreign tunnel endpoint>
+ specify IPv4 address of a foreign IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel endpoint
+ Example:
+ IPV6TUNNELIPV4="195.226.187.50"
+ IPV6ADDR=<ipv6address>/<prefixlength> [OPTIONAL]
+ local IPv6 address of a numbered tunnel
+
Ethernet-only items:
{IPXNETNUM,IPXPRIMARY,IPXACTIVE}_{802_2,802_3,ETHERII,SNAP}
configuration matrix for IPX. Only used if IPX is active.