IPv6 addr-gen-mode = default - But what is that default value?

On Fedora 38, the version of NetworkMnager is 1.42.8, and the “default” setting for ipv6.add-gen-mode is default. The possible value for ipv6.add-gen-mode is eui64, stable-privacy, default-or-eui64, and default. This blog post is my attempt to understand a bit more about this IPv6 setting addr-gen-mode. On my workstation, the NetworkManager connection in use in this post is called br0. Here are are some commands to display the version number of NetworkManager and the (default) current setting of ipv6....

September 17, 2023 · 4 min · 848 words · kenno

Configure IPv6 for Proxmox Host via Slaac

The Proxmox server running at home only has an IPv4 statically assigned to it. Since I’ve been trying to get all my connected devices at home to get IPv6 assigned, I figured I should try with this Proxmox server next. I’m running Proxmox VE 8.0.4, and it’s based on Debian 12 (bookwarm). The settings for its network interfaces are stored in /etc/network/interfaces: root@pve:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto vmbr0 iface vmbr0 inet static address 192....

September 16, 2023 · 3 min · 551 words · kenno

How to configure IPv6 on FreeBSD via SLAAC

I recently got IPv6 running at home, with most devices including my iPhone happily get an IPv6 assigned. My NAS running FreeBSD13.2 currently only has an IPv4 assigned, so I’m going to configure IPv6 for it too. I’m still new to IPv6. The way I have it setup on my router, running OPNsense, is to set the “Router Advertisements” to “Unmanaged” with DHCPv6 disabled. “Unmanaged” for SLAAC (A flag), and SLAAC stands for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration....

September 8, 2023 · 3 min · 433 words · kenno