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Need help with IPv6 on Kimsufi

Here is the problem:

root@rescue:~# ping6 ipv6.google.com
PING ipv6.google.com(vl-in-x71.1e100.net) 56 data bytes
From fe80::6e9c:edff:feba:ec40 icmp_seq=1 Destination unreachable: Beyond scope of source address
From fe80::6e9c:edff:feba:ec40 icmp_seq=2 Destination unreachable: Beyond scope of source address
From fe80::6e9c:edff:feba:ec40 icmp_seq=3 Destination unreachable: Beyond scope of source address
From fe80::6e9c:edff:feba:ec40 icmp_seq=4 Destination unreachable: Beyond scope of source address
From fe80::6e9c:edff:feba:ec40 icmp_seq=5 Destination unreachable: Beyond scope of source address
^C
--- ipv6.google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +5 errors, 100% packet loss, time 4005ms

Here is some information:

root@rescue:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf 
search ovh.net
search kimsufi.com
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 213.186.33.99


root@rescue:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
iface lo inet loopback
auto lo
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth0 inet dhcp 
iface eth0 inet6 static 
address 2607:5300:60:1a59::1 
netmask 64 

post-up /sbin/ip -f inet6 route add 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff dev eth0 
post-up /sbin/ip -f inet6 route add default gw 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff 
pre-down /sbin/ip -f inet6 route del 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff dev eth0 
pre-down /sbin/ip -f inet6 route del default gw 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff



root@rescue:~# ping6 2607:5300:60:1a59::1
PING 2607:5300:60:1a59::1(2607:5300:60:1a59::1) 56 data bytes
From fe80::4e72:b9ff:fe26:7160 icmp_seq=1 Destination unreachable: Address unreachable
From fe80::4e72:b9ff:fe26:7160 icmp_seq=2 Destination unreachable: Address unreachable
From fe80::4e72:b9ff:fe26:7160 icmp_seq=3 Destination unreachable: Address unreachable
^C
--- 2607:5300:60:1a59::1 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 5032ms


root@rescue:~# ping6 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff 
PING 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff(2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.827 ms
64 bytes from 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.633 ms
64 bytes from 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.673 ms
^C
--- 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.633/0.711/0.827/0.083 ms

root@rescue:~# cat /etc/sysctl.conf 
net.ipv6.conf.all.autoconf = 0
net.ipv6.conf.default.autoconf = 0
net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra = 0
net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra = 0
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.autoconf=0
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.accept_ra=0

So ... how do I fix the problem (inability to ping6 ipv6.google.com) ?

Comments

  • worked out the box for me, can't obviously see anything wrong with the above - what have you changed?

  • All I did was follow the instructions at http://docs.ovh.ca/en/guides-network-ipv6.html
    Haven't changed anything else since last hard reboot.

  • rm_rm_ IPv6 Advocate, Veteran

    GodsGiftToLET said: /sbin/ip -f inet6 route add default gw 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff

    For the ip command it must be not default gw but default via.

    Few other comments, you have the iface eth0 inet dhcp twice, and also remove the blank line before the first "post-up".

  • GodsGiftToLETGodsGiftToLET Member
    edited October 2015

    Thanks rm_. I have made those three changes that you suggested, then ran
    service networking restart

    I am still getting:

        root@rescue:~# ping6 ipv6.google.com
        connect: Network is unreachable
    

    I am using the word "still" because, even though that was not the original error message I posted, after my initial post, the error message change for mysterious reasons to the one I just posted, without me modifying anything to the system.

  • Here is something weird. After I typed, at the Linux prompt:

    ip -6 r a default via 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff

    pinging ipv6.google.com worked.

    However, I have two "equivalent" lines in my /etc/network/interfaces file:

    post-up /sbin/ip -f inet6 route add default via 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    pre-down /sbin/ip -f inet6 route del default via 2607:5300:60:1aff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    

    and those didn't seem to be good enough despite having typed:

    service networking restart

    before the ping command.

    When I run the "service networking restart" command, I get the following warning:

    root@rescue:~# service networking restart
    [warn] Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not re-enable some interfaces ... (warning).
    [ ok ] Reconfiguring network interfaces...done.

    What's an alternative and better way to restart the networking ?

  • GodsGiftToLET said: What's an alternative and better way to restart the networking ?

    systemctl restart network (CentOS7)

  • tehdantehdan Member
    edited October 2015

    @sdglhm said:
    systemctl restart network (CentOS7)

    To be fair, just uninstalling Debian/Ubuntu and installing centos will also restart networking (more than once...) :)

  • tehdan said: o be fair, just uninstalling Debian/Ubuntu and installing centos will also restart networking (more than once...) :)

    Ha.. Ha.. True enough. ;)

  • Thank you all for your help. I am going to soft reboot out of the rescue mode into the normal mode (as soon as I can login to the right OVH website), and report back if there is a problem after the (non CentOS7) reboot.

  • Am back. I soft rebooted out of the rescue mode and back into ESXi 6.0, hoping that the changes I had made to /etc/network/interfaces were still going to be there. After a soft reboot, I was no longer able to ping6 the Kimsufi server from my home computer (I was able to do so before the soft reboot).

    I couldn't ssh into THAT Kimsufi server because I had, on Saturday, disabled its ability to respond to IPv4. But I did ssh into another Kimsufi server with the same ESXi 6.0 installation, and noticed that the whole /etc/network directory is missing. Yesterday, I emailed the following question to technical support:

    Is there a way to have ESXi installed on a Kimsufi without the /etc/network directory disappearing into CyberSpace ?

    So far, I haven't received an answer to that question. Any Kimsufi/ESXi users on this forum who have an answer to the above question ?

  • Thought it isnt possible to install ESXI on a kimsufi?

  • It is. I did it twice. If you have a Kimsufi server, you can click on Reinstall and, among the options, you will see VMWare ESXi 5.0 option listed.

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