Re: I need help configuring IPv6

[Nathan Van Ymeren <nathan.vany@gmail.com>]

Hi Andika,

Thanks for your reply.  I can ping the v6 gateway from my laptop at
home/outside the datacenter, but I cannot ping it from the server.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 8:24 PM Andika Triwidada <andika@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 10:58 AM Nathan Van Ymeren <nathan.vany@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The relevant portion of /etc/network/interfaces is:
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>> iface eno1 inet6 static
>>         address 2604:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::2/64
>>         gateway 2604:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::1
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>> As far as I can tell from reading the debian wiki and whatever else,
>> it should work like this, but even ping6'ing the gateway gives "ping6:
>> connect: Network is unreachable".  I can ping the gateway on its
>> link-local (fe80) address, but that's all I can do.
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>> Please help!
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> Hi Nathan,
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> I think the first important step is to ensure that the gateway pingable
> at its 2604:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::1 address, both from your computer and from the internet.
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> Regards,
> Andika
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