diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
index c165da5277..e7478b7175 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
@@ -5319,29 +5319,38 @@ redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80
/etc/rc.conf
- IPv6 Client Settings
+ IPv6 Client Auto-Configuration
- These settings configure a machine on a
+ To automatically configure a machine on a
LAN which acts as a client, not a
- router. To instruct &man.rtsol.8; to autoconfigure the
- interface on boot on
- &os; 9.x and later, add
- this line to rc.conf:
-
- ipv6_prefer="YES"
+ router, two items are required. First to enable the
+ em0 to receive the router solicitation
+ messages, add this line to rc.conf:
+
+ ifconfig_em0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
+
+ Secondly, the router solicitation daemon, &man.rtsol.8;,
+ should be enabled by adding the following to
+ rc.conf:
+
+ rtsold_enable="YES"
For &os; 8.x,
add:
ipv6_enable="YES"
+
+
+ IPv6 Client Static
+ Configuration
To statically assign the IPv6
address, 2001:471:1f11:251:290:27ff:fee0:2093,
+ role="ip6addr">2001:db8:4672:6565:2026:5043:2d42:5344,
to fxp0, add the following for
&os; 9.x:
- ifconfig_fxp0_ipv6="inet6 2001:471:1f11:251:290:27ff:fee0:2093 prefixlen 64"
+ ifconfig_fxp0_ipv6="inet6 2001:db8:4672:6565:2026:5043:2d42:5344 prefixlen 64"
Be sure to change prefixlen
@@ -5349,16 +5358,16 @@ redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80
subnet.
- For &os; 8x,
+ For &os; 8.x,
add:
- ipv6_ifconfig_fxp0="2001:471:1f11:251:290:27ff:fee0:2093"
+ ipv6_ifconfig_fxp0="2001:db8:4672:6565:2026:5043:2d42:5344"
To assign a default router of 2001:471:1f11:251::1, add the
+ role="ip6addr">2001:db8:4672:6565::1, add the
following to /etc/rc.conf:
- ipv6_defaultrouter="2001:471:1f11:251::1"
+ ipv6_defaultrouter="2001:db8:4672:6565::1"
@@ -5372,9 +5381,9 @@ redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80
The first entry lists the generic tunneling interfaces
to be configured. This example configures one interface,
- gif0:
+ gif0:
- gif_interfaces="gif0"
+ gif_interfaces="gif0"
To configure that interface with a local endpoint of
MY_IPv4_ADDR to a remote endpoint