[Xorp-users] Virtual interfaces in GNU/Linux (now IPv6)

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

> Hi. I could use tunnels in IPv4, but now I am trying to make the same with 
> IPv6 but I don't know how, this is my commands and error messages:
> 
> ip link set dev eth0 up
> ip -6 addr add fec0:2006:2007::1:5/126 dev eth0
> 
> (with ping6 fec0:2006:2007::1:6 can see the remote PC)
> 
> openvpn --remote fec0:2006:2007::1:6 --dev tun0 --tun-ipv6 --ifconfig 
> fec0:2006:2007::2:5 fec0:2006:2007::2:6
> 
> Sun Jan 14 19:20:47 2007 OpenVPN 2.0.9 i486-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO] [EPOLL] 
> built on Oct 10 2006
> Sun Jan 14 19:20:47 2007 IMPORTANT: OpenVPN's default port number is now 1194, 
> based on an official port number assignment by IANA.  OpenVPN 2.0-beta16 and 
> earlier used 5000 as the default port.
> Sun Jan 14 19:20:47 2007 ******* WARNING *******: all encryption and 
> authentication features disabled -- all data will be tunnelled as cleartext
> Sun Jan 14 19:20:47 2007 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: 
> fec0:2006:2007::1:6: [HOST_NOT_FOUND] The specified host is unknown.
> Sun Jan 14 19:20:47 2007 RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: 
> fec0:2006:2007::2:5: [HOST_NOT_FOUND] The specified host is unknown.
> Sun Jan 14 19:20:47 2007 Exiting
> 
> Please, How do I get a tunnel in IPv6? (I need that to begin with PIM-SM 
> configuration)

Unfortunately I haven't tried to use openvpn for IPv6 so I don't
have the answer. You might want to ask the OpenVPN folks
(http://www.openvpn.net/). Please let us know if you find anything.

Regards,
Pavlin