Add some expanded examples for the nat ipv6 introduced with 927acaedec7effbe67a154d8bfa0e67f7d08e6c7. Unfortunately while for IPv4 it's well-known what addresses ranges are useful for NAT, with IPv6 unless you enjoy digging through RFC's going back-and-forth over unique local addresses and the meaning of the word "site" it's generally much less obvious. I've tried to add some details on choosing a range inline with RFC 4193 and then some pointers for when it maybe doesn't work in the guest as you first expect despite you doing what the RFC's say! Signed-off-by: Ian Wienand <iwienand@xxxxxxxxxx> --- docs/formatnetwork.html.in | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/formatnetwork.html.in b/docs/formatnetwork.html.in index fb740111b1..94a4cab4d1 100644 --- a/docs/formatnetwork.html.in +++ b/docs/formatnetwork.html.in @@ -1209,6 +1209,53 @@ </ip> </network></pre> + <h3><a id="examplesNATv6">IPv6 NAT based network</a></h3> + + <p> + Below is a variation for also providing IPv6 NAT. This can be + especially useful when using multiple interfaces where some, + such as WiFi cards, can not be bridged (usually on a laptop), + making it difficult to provide end-to-end IPv6 routing. + </p> + + <pre> +<network> + <name>default6</name> + <bridge name="virbr0"/> + <forward mode="nat"> + <nat ipv6='yes'> + <port start='1024' end='65535'/> + </nat> + + <ip address="192.168.122.1" netmask="255.255.255.0"> + <dhcp> + <range start="192.168.122.2" end="192.168.122.254"/> + </dhcp> + </ip> + <ip family="ipv6" address="fdXX:XXXX:XXXX:NNNN:: prefix="64"/> + </ip> +</network></pre> + + <p>IPv6 NAT addressing has some caveats over the more straight + forward IPv4 case. + <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4193";>RFC 4193</a> + defines the address range <tt>fd00::/8</tt> for <tt>/48</tt> IPv6 + private networks. It should be concatenated with a random 40-bit + string (i.e. 10 random hexadecimal digits replacing the <tt>X</tt> + values above, RFC 4193 provides + an <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4193#section-3.2.2";>algorithm</a> + if you do not have a source of sufficient randomness). This + leaves <tt>0</tt> through <tt>ffff</tt> for subnets (<tt>N</tt> + above) which you can use at will.</p> + + <p>Many operating systems will not consider these addresses as + preferential to IPv4, due to some practial history of these + addresses being present but unroutable and causing networking + issues. On many Linux distributions, you may need to + override <tt>/etc/gai.conf</tt> with values + from <a href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3484.txt";>RFC 3484</a> + to have your IPv6 NAT network correctly preferenced over IPv4.</p> + <h3><a id="examplesRoute">Routed network config</a></h3> <p> -- 2.26.2
