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| author | Ricardo Branco <rbranco@suse.de> | 2026-02-09 22:19:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-02-16 22:40:27 +0000 |
| commit | e86b9bc584e2f832ed993f83f655fc6fd8937ee3 (patch) | |
| tree | c2e696e346a5325d9ea29907b1772765ddb6164c | |
| parent | 46fcc28786a096688789d53906ac72d1dc11b492 (diff) | |
handbook/advanced-networking: Add ip6 to bridging
Add example for assigning a dynamic IPv6 address to a bridge interface
and clarify packet filtering behavior.
Reviewed by: madpilot, ziaee
Closes: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/603
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc index 1a1e3aa955..963f3a04ad 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc @@ -1435,8 +1435,16 @@ This example sets a static IP address: .... It is also possible to assign an IPv6 address to a bridge interface. + To make the changes permanent, add the addressing information to [.filename]#/etc/rc.conf#. +This example uses a dynamic IPv6 address: + +[.programlisting] +.... +ifconfig_bridge0_ipv6="inet6 auto_linklocal accept_rtadv" +.... + [NOTE] ==== When packet filtering is enabled, bridged packets will pass through the filter inbound on the originating interface on the bridge interface, and outbound on the appropriate interfaces. |