On Solaris10 (vm on qemu) I configure ipv6
ipsec and firewall are disabled
svcs -a|gegrep 'ipfilter|ipsec' disabled 1:00:14 svc:/network/ipfilter:default disabled 23:38:28 svc:/network/ipsec/manual-key:default disabled 1:00:18 svc:/network/ipsec/policy:default disabled 1:00:18 svc:/network/ipsec/ike:default ipv6 is configured
ifconfig -a6 e1000g1: flags=2104841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,ROUTER,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 3 inet6 fe80::5254:ee:fdc7:a479/10 e1000g1:1: flags=2100841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,ROUTER,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 3 inet6 418:5b17:d32a:8023::2/64 but cannot ping the "external" switch (is a virbr created from libvirt), can ping only his own address
ping -A inet6 -s 418:5b17:d32a:8023::2 PING 418:5b17:d32a:8023::2: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 418:5b17:d32a:8023::2: icmp_seq=0. time=0.0300 ms 64 bytes from 418:5b17:d32a:8023::2: icmp_seq=1. time=0.0400 m ping -A inet6 -s 418:5b17:d32a:8023::1 PING 418:5b17:d32a:8023::1: 56 data bytes route seems correct
netstat -rn Routing Table: IPv6 Destination/Mask Gateway Flags Ref Use If --------------------------- --------------------------- ----- --- ------- ----- 418:5b17:d32a:8023::/64 418:5b17:d32a:8023::2 U 1 98 e1000g1:1 fe80::/10 fe80::5254:ee:fdc7:a479 U 1 69 e1000g1 Another machine (Slackware Linux) connected to the same virtual switch can ping without problem
ping -6 fe80::5254:ee:fdc7:a481 PING fe80::5254:ee:fdc7:a481(fe80::5254:ee:fdc7:a481) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from fe80::5254:ee:fdc7:a481%eth0: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.029 ms 64 bytes from fe80::5254:ee:fdc7:a481%eth0: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.028 ms 64 bytes from fe80::5254:ee:fdc7:a481%eth0: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.028 ms why Solaris network remain isolated?
Routeadm report
routeadm Configuration Current Current Option Configuration System State --------------------------------------------------------------- IPv4 routing enabled enabled IPv6 routing enabled enabled IPv4 forwarding enabled enabled IPv6 forwarding enabled enabled From an external machine I can ping Linux vm but not Solaris vm.
