From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755702AbYE2JEZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2008 05:04:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752972AbYE2JEK (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2008 05:04:10 -0400 Received: from mail.vapor.com ([85.114.133.49]:49148 "EHLO mail.vapor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752589AbYE2JEJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2008 05:04:09 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:41:57 +0200 From: pomac@vapor.com To: Andrew Morton Cc: Linux-kernel , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ipv6] Odd behaviour... Message-ID: <20080529084157.GD11812@pomac.netswarm.net> References: <1211842711.8367.11.camel@localhost> <20080529002729.d87fed29.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080529002729.d87fed29.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:27:29AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 27 May 2008 00:58:30 +0200 Ian Kumlien wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I just recently acquired a new ipv6 tunnel since my two previous brokers > > has gone out of business. I now use hurricane electrics tunnel since i > > have really good ping times to it's node in Amsterdam. > > > > Anyways, i have setup a local network tunnel and enabled forwarding. > > > > After about 300 seconds, it all stops working. I have to disable and > > re-enable it on the firewall/router to get it working again. > > > > tcpdump shows the router/firewall doing odd things like: > > (i renamed my host to piv6) > > > > 00:48:14.294173 IP6 piv6 > igloo.stacken.kth.se: ICMP6, echo request, > > seq 321, length 64 > > > > 00:48:14.341288 IP6 igloo.stacken.kth.se > piv6: ICMP6, echo reply, seq > > 321, length 64 > > > > 00:48:14.341317 IP6 fe80::55e4:1b90 > igloo.stacken.kth.se: ICMP6, > > redirect, piv6 to piv6, length 160 > > > > 00:48:14.341332 IP6 igloo.stacken.kth.se > piv6: ICMP6, echo reply, seq > > 321, length 64 > > --- > > > > fe80::55e4::1b90 is the local ip of the ipv6 tunnel. > > (note: the packet never arrives at it's destination) > > > > Any ideas of what could be going wrong? > > (cc netdev - afaik linux-net is kind of dead) Thanks, i knew i missed something, -net was the one that was already in my email client so... =) > What kernel version are you running? The router/fw is running 2.6.25.1, the client is running 2.6.25.4 Any additional information i should provide?