Re: dhcpcd on Arch doing slaac - ipv6_addaddr1: Invalid argument
Mitchell Ferguson
Thu Oct 04 08:14:02 2018
Thanks for the reply, Roy.
The binary I was using was actually compiled a minute or so before I
recorded that log. I first received the error from the repo version,then
compiled git to see if it had already been fixed.
On Thu, 4 Oct 2018, 21:12 Roy Marples, <roy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mitchell
>
> On 04/10/2018 08:15, Mitchell Ferguson wrote:
> > Hello there!
> >
> > I'm trying to get IPv6 working on my network behind my new pfsense
> > box. I'm running slaac-only right now. When I run dhcpcd
> > 7.0.8.r16.gd703ebf5-1 (i.e. dhcpcd-git on the AUR), dhcpcd fails when
> > trying to add the address to the adapter. All the other things like
> > routes and dns servers add fine. I can manually add the exact same
> > address which dhcpcd tried to add to the adapter myself, and it works
> > fine and routes. Even after adding the address manually, dhcpcd is
> > stuck in a loop trying to add the address and failing.
>
> This is an important clue.
> I'm extremely confident dhcpcd was compiled with newer headers than what
> your kernel supports.
>
> Try compiling it from source, should work fine.
> Let us know how it works for you!
>
> Roy
>
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