Subject: whatever over IPv6 gif tunnels
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakllsch@kollasch.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 09/08/2005 17:23:04
Hi,
	According to it's manpage gif(4) can encapsulate traffic in IPv6
packets, how do I configure that?

The command:
ifconfig gif0 tunnel 2001:db8:dead:beef:209:cafe:feed:8fe6 2001:db8:dead:beef:2e0:cafe:fe09:fd18
gives the reply:
ifconfig: error in parsing address string: No address associated with hostname

Specifying 'inet6' after 'tunnel' gives the same error.

the pattern of 'ifconfig gifN tunnel <IPv4 address> <IPv4 address>' works fine

Is this even possible, or just not documented?

	Jonathan Kollasch