(usagi-users 03497) Re: Adding tunnels with iproute2 and 2.6.13 kernel

--On Friday, September 16, 2005 08:18:54 AM -0400 "Bellino, Phil"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
> I was peviously running 2.6.11 kernel.
> Using iproute2 tools, I was able (and still am able if I go back that
> kernel) to create a tunnel as follows:
> 
> ip tunnel add (name) mode sit ttl 255 remote any local (ipv4 address)
> or
> ip tunnel add (name) mode sit ttl 255 remote (ipv4 addess) local (ipv4
> address)
> 
> 
> This would create the tunnel with no problems. Note: "sit0" is a device in
> my device list per a call to "ifconfig".
> 
> I have now upgraded to 2.6.13 and am still using the same iproute2 tools.
> 
> When I attempt to create the tunnel(s) using the same command(s) as above
> under this kernel, I receive the error:
> 
> "No such device." 
> 
> For some reason it does not see "sit0" as a device although it is a device
> that returns from a call to "ifconfig".
> 
> Has anyone seen an issue such as this and have you been able to resolve
> it?

Is IPv6 enabled at all properly? What shows

# ip -6 link

        Peter
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