From fdf1d2c7582f11cb739582ce7a29e0167cedc164 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: florian Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:58:59 +0000 Subject: Document a bit more about IPv6 configuration git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@11891 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73 --- docs/network.tex | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/network.tex b/docs/network.tex index 783db464d..129942504 100644 --- a/docs/network.tex +++ b/docs/network.tex @@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ config switch "eth0" option vlan2 "4 5" \end{Verbatim} +Three interfaces will be automatically created using this switch layout : +\texttt{eth0.0} (vlan0), \texttt{eth0.1} (vlan1) and \texttt{eth0.2} (vlan2). +You can then assign those interfaces to a custom network configuration name +like \texttt{lan}, \texttt{wan} or \texttt{dmz} for instance. + \subsubsection{Setting up IPv6 connectivity} OpenWrt supports IPv6 connectivity using PPP, Tunnel brokers or static @@ -123,8 +128,9 @@ assignment. If you use PPP, IPv6 will be setup using IP6CP and there is nothing to configure. -To setup an IPv6 tunnel to a tunnel broker, you have to edit the -\texttt{/etc/config/6tunnel} file and change the settings accordingly : +To setup an IPv6 tunnel to a tunnel broker, you can install the +\texttt{6scripts} package and edit the \texttt{/etc/config/6tunnel} +file and change the settings accordingly : \begin{Verbatim} config 6tunnel @@ -151,6 +157,17 @@ config 6tunnel IPv6 prefix to setup on the LAN. \end{itemize} +Using the same package you can also setup an IPv6 bridged connection : + +\begin{Verbatim} +config 6bridge + option bridge 'br6' +\end{Verbatim} + +By default the script bridges the WAN interface with the LAN interface +and uses ebtables to filter anything that is not IPv6 on the bridge. + + IPv6 static addressing is also supported using a similar setup as IPv4 but with the \texttt{ip6} prefixing (when applicable). -- cgit v1.2.3