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  • OSPFv3 neighbor stuck in LOADING

    Problem description: after growing the topology of the network, some OSPFv3 neigbhbors were stuck in the Loading phase Solution: the size of the LSA update didn’t fit anymore in the IPv6 MTU of the link and the router (Brocade MLXE Ironware 5.2f and 5.4c) didn’t handle the case correctly. Increasing the IPv6 MTU of the…

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  • Manually configure static IPv6 address in Debian/Ubuntu

    Add these lines to /etc/network/interfaces

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  • Manually configure static IPv6 address in SLCx

    Add these lines to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 IPV6INIT=yes IPV6ADDR=2001:1458:E00C::63/64 Add these lines to /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING_IPV6=yes IPV6_DEFAULTGW=2001:1458:E00C::1

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  • Linux client doesn’t get IPv6 address from DHCPv6

    Linux client doesn’t get IPv6 address from DHCPv6 Problem description: a Linux client doesn’t get the IPv6 client when it connects to the network The client must send a DHCPv6 request with a DUID that contains the MAC address of the requesting interface. The MAC address must be registered in LANDB (Network database) in order…

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