>> What are you trying to do? >I would like a Linux router configuring it's own default route using RA from the default router. May be you should use a dynamic routing protocol for that purpose such as RIPng or OSPFv3 or ISIS, Christophe -----Message d'origine----- De : linux-net-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-net-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Vincent Envoyé : mercredi 21 mars 2007 00:11 À : Brian Haley Cc : linux-net Objet : Re: Why Router Advertisement are dropped when in forwarding mode? Thank you Brian for your answer, Brian Haley wrote: >> So, do you agree that in forwarding mode not all RAs must be dropped >> by kernel? >> >> For the moment the drop condition is (net/ipv6ndisc.c#L1095): >> >> if (in6_dev->cnf.forwarding || !in6_dev->cnf.accept_ra) { >> >> Don't you think we should change this? > > No. You can install a filter and process them in user-space, like > radvd does. I think you are right, this a good solution. I'll try this way. Just for my information. Do you think this is the way it should be done or just the easiest way without having to modify the kernel? > What are you trying to do? I would like a Linux router configuring it's own default route using RA from the default router. Regards. Vincent - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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