Re: ifconfig_bxe0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv" seems to break bridging

"Bjoern A. Zeeb" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.net,gmane.os.freebsd.current
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 24 Jul 2025, Lexi Winter wrote:

> void:
>> I've found ifconfig_bxe0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv" breaks bridging
>> on a dual stack interface in unless some manual hoops are jumped through.
>>
>> net.link.bridge.member_ifaddrs is the default ("0") here.
>> [...]
>> Adding ifconfig_bxe0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv" and then rebooting causes the
>> following:
>
> you should set accept_rtadvd on the bridge interface, not the member
> interface.  setting it on the member interface will try to assign the
> SLAAC address to the member, which is not allowed.

.., which is *no longer* allowed by default but was good for ages.

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7
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