IPv6

Hi,

when trying to configure an IPv6 static route (or default route), the Web UI complains about gateway (next-hop) addresses of the form <IPv6-link-local>%<intf>. e.g. fe80::ffff%em1
The error thrown is: 'A valid IPv6 gateway must be specified'
Since current Cisco IOS versions only support link-local addresses for HSRPv6 we cannot use global IPv6 next-hop addresses.

Configuring the same static via the exec page is successful. Also off-line editing of the XML configuation file makes it possible to specify a default route with a link-local next-hop.
###
$ netstat -rn -f inet6
...
default                           fe80::ffff%em1                UGS         em1
...
###

So it seems that the input check of the PHP frontend is the problem.
Could someone change this input check for future versions to allow link-local next hops also be configured via the frontend?
We are currently using m0n0wall 1.33.

thanks a lot,
Stefan

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for the bug report.  I'll fix this next time I have a commit to submit, but it will be for 1.8 version of m0n0wall.

you can watch commits at the bottom of the page here http://m0n0.ch/wall/repository.php

Hi brushedmoss,

thanks for your help and the info concerning commit status.
Looking forward to m0n0wall 1.8 then

cheers,
Stefan