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davis_square2014-04-11 04:44 pm
achinhibitor.livejournal.com) wrote in davis_square2014-04-11 04:44 pm
Comcast IPv6 and Fedora Linux
There doesn't seem to be much documentation out there, so I figured I'd repeat this here for anyone who needs to know it. To get IPv6 connectivity from Comcast if your computer is running Fedora Linux and you are using ifcfg=* files, the needed changes are:
In /etc/sysconfig/network:
NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1:
IPV6INIT=yes
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
DHCPV6C=yes
Comcast uses "stateful DHCPv6" for handing out IPv6 addresses and address prefixes. All of this assumes that your computer is directly connected to the cable modem, rather than through a router box that takes care of IPv6 itself.
In /etc/sysconfig/network:
NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1:
IPV6INIT=yes
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
DHCPV6C=yes
Comcast uses "stateful DHCPv6" for handing out IPv6 addresses and address prefixes. All of this assumes that your computer is directly connected to the cable modem, rather than through a router box that takes care of IPv6 itself.