System Administration Guide: IP Services

Configuring IPv6 Over IPv4 Tunnels

This section describes how you configure IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels.

For conceptual descriptions of tunnels, see Solaris Tunneling Interfaces for IPv6 and Tunneling Mechanism.

How to Configure IPv6 Over IPv4 Tunnels

  1. Become superuser.

  2. Create the file /etc/hostname6.ip.tunn. Use the values 0, 1, 2, and so on, for n. Then add entries following these steps.

    1. Add the tunnel source addresses. Then add the tunnel destination addresses.


      tsrc IPv4-source-addr tdst IPv4-destination-addr up
    2. (Optional) Add a logical interface for the source and destination IPv6 addresses.


      addif IPv6-source-address  IPv6-destination-address up

      Omit this step if you want the address autoconfigured for this interface. You do not need to configure link-local addresses for your tunnel. Link-local addresses are configured automatically.

When you finish configuring the tunnels, you must reboot.


Note –

You must perform the same steps at the other end of the tunnel for bidirectional communication to occur.


If your system is to be configured as a router, you must also configure your router to advertise over tunneling interfaces before rebooting. See How to Configure Your Router to Advertise Over Tunneling Interfaces.

Example—Entry for IPv6 Configuration File to Autoconfigure IPv6 Addresses

This example shows a tunnel for which all IPv6 addresses are autoconfigured.


tsrc 129.146.86.138 tdst 192.168.7.19 up

Example—Entry in the IPv6 Configuration File for Manually Configured Addresses

This example shows a tunnel for which global source and global destination addresses are manually configured. The site-local source and site-local destination addresses are also manually configured.


tsrc 120.46.86.138 tdst 190.68.7.19 up
addif fec0::1234:a00:fe12:528 fec0::5678:a00:20ff:fe12:1234 up
addif 2::1234:a00:fe12:528 2::5678:a00:20ff:fe12:1234 up

How to Configure Your Router to Advertise Over Tunneling Interfaces

Following these steps for each tunnel.

  1. Become superuser.

  2. Edit the /etc/inet/ndpd.conf file. Add entries by using the following steps.

    1. Enable router advertisement over the tunneling interface.


      if ip.tunn AdvSendAdvertisements 1
    2. Add prefixes as needed.


      prefix interface-address ip.tunn
      
  3. Reboot.