Re: IPv6 problems.... (dhcpcd weirdness, rshd fails, etc.)

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At Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:09:54 +0000, Roy Marples <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: Re: IPv6 problems.... (dhcpcd weirdness, rshd fails, etc.)
>=20
> So this is a misconfiguration on the router and a bug I've just fixed in =
dhcpcd.
> Basically you have a RA saying "DHCPv6 exists, start INFORMATION REQUEST".
> However, no DHCPv6 reply comes back to our request.
> We do obey the RFC timings, with a caveat - we mirror CONFIRM MAX_MD so w=
e can use the last "lease" we got.
> The bug here is that we reset them timings when doing this and will be fi=
xed in the next version.
>=20
> So as far as you are concered this is just noise in the logs.

Thanks Roy!

I kind of assumed from the changelog that the next release would quiet
the logging somewhat.

I wonder is this kind of "misconfiguration" common with (older?)
Linux-based firewalls?  (This one is ostensibly OpenWRT under the covers
-- they used to allow telnet to a command line, but removed it some
revisions ago.)  I really need to replace it I guess.

=46rom my understanding now of the options given in the router UI it
shouldn't be saying "DHCPv6 exists" when it is in the default
"auto configure" mode, but I guess for some reason it does.

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					Greg A. Woods <[email protected]>

Kelowna, BC     +1 250 762-7675           RoboHack <[email protected]>
Planix, Inc. <[email protected]>     Avoncote Farms <[email protected]>

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