Description of problem: Im not sure if this problem is caused initscripts package, maybe by ifconfig or other, I don't know. I'm not sure if it is a problem, but in RHEL5 and Fedora there is Site local adress default created when, system is startuped something like inet6 addr: fec0::f101:216:3eff:fe0f:7f83/64 Scope:Site Steps to Reproduce: $ ifconfig (and see if line exists (where is Scope:Site)) Actual results: No Site Scope adress, therefore computer isnt accessible via ipv6 over net default Expected results: at least one Site local adress inet6 addr: fec0::f101:216:3eff:fe0f:7f83/64 Scope:Site Additional info: Sorry Folks if this isnt propper package.
Is the ipv6 module loaded at all?
I think yes, because Link local adress is assigned. for example one of the stable system, (stable systems should have everything turn on) - and the problem is at all machines with RHEL4 # lsmod (of i386 ss) Module Size Used by oprofile 38433 1 nls_utf8 6209 0 cifs 214205 0 nfs 222761 3 lockd 66249 2 nfs nfs_acl 7745 1 nfs parport_pc 28033 0 lp 15661 0 parport 38153 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 26053 0 i2c_dev 14529 0 i2c_core 26305 1 i2c_dev sunrpc 144165 7 nfs,lockd,nfs_acl cpufreq_powersave 5953 0 ib_srp 36189 0 ib_sdp 53885 0 ib_ipoib 81901 0 md5 8129 1 ipv6 243937 83 ib_ipoib rdma_ucm 20037 0 rdma_cm 38141 2 ib_sdp,rdma_ucm iw_cm 13381 1 rdma_cm ib_addr 12485 1 rdma_cm ib_umad 22121 0 ib_ucm 22213 0 ib_uverbs 41705 2 rdma_ucm,ib_ucm ib_cm 41785 4 ib_srp,ib_ipoib,rdma_cm,ib_ucm ib_sa 42829 4 ib_srp,ib_ipoib,rdma_cm,ib_cm ib_mad 40025 3 ib_umad,ib_cm,ib_sa ib_core 58561 12 ib_srp,ib_sdp,ib_ipoib,rdma_ucm,rdma_cm,iw_cm,ib_umad,ib_ucm,ib_uverbs,ib_cm,ib_sa,ib_mad loop 20681 0 dm_multipath 23625 0 button 10705 0 battery 12997 0 ac 8901 0 joydev 14465 0 ehci_hcd 33221 0 uhci_hcd 33241 0 i5000_edac 13121 0 edac_mc 29705 1 i5000_edac bnx2 141661 0 dm_snapshot 21477 0 dm_zero 6465 0 dm_mirror 32581 0 ext3 120393 2 jbd 60249 1 ext3 dm_mod 67433 9 dm_multipath,dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror ata_piix 19781 0 libata 106013 1 ata_piix cciss 69805 3 sd_mod 20801 0 scsi_mod 121293 4 ib_srp,libata,cciss,sd_mod # ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1E:0B:8F:EE:36 inet addr:10.16.40.46 Bcast:10.16.47.255 Mask:255.255.248.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21e:bff:fe8f:ee36/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:6555330 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2287507 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:186205859 (177.5 MiB) TX bytes:337466221 (321.8 MiB) Interrupt:185 Memory:f8000000-f8012100 so Link local adress is assigned, but not Site local
Can you attach your network configuration for both releases?
Do you have any IPv6 options set in your RHEL 5 configuration?
(This includes both /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts)
We only create link-local by default - you'd have to do extra configuration to get site addresses. So RHEL 4 is behaving correctly.