How to Enable IPv6 on a Node

1. Become superuser on the system where you want to enable IPv6.

2. On a command line, type the following for each interface.

   # touch /etc/hostname6.interface

   Interface

   Interface name, such as le0, le1.

3. Reboot.

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   Note -

   Rebooting sends out router discovery packets and the router responds with a prefix, enabling the node to configure the interfaces with an IP address. Rebooting also restarts key networking daemons in IPv6 mode.

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4. On a command line, type the following command to display the IPv6 addresses.

   # ifconfig -a

5. Add the IPv6 address to the appropriate name service as follows:

   1. For NIS and NIS+, see "How to Add IPv6 Addresses to NIS and NIS+".

   2. For DNS, see "How to Add IPv6 Addresses to DNS".