02:02:49 using zadm is it possible to snapshot the zone and use that snapshot to create a new one? or how do I clone a zone? 02:23:32 I'm sorry I just found out https://dlc.openindiana.org/docs/osol/20090715/SYSADRM/html/gbwmc.html 09:42:39 I asked OVH for the prefix I should use with the IPv6 address they assigned me. In the mean time I managed to calculate that, in order to use 2607:5300:60:78ff:ff:ff:ff:ff as default router, I should use a /56 prefix, which poses that address exactly at the end of the range of available hosts in the 2607:5300:60:78:: network. But maybe my brain is 09:42:39 still too linked to IPv4... :) 16:28:24 warden, they want you to use a, franky, broken method. They really do want you to use /128 as your netmask and then add a static route to the gateway using your primary interface. 16:43:38 You *can* create a point-to-point Ethernet link. 16:44:52 nomad: ok, but what I cannot understand is how the heck I can use their gateway if it's outside my subnet's range of addresses... in their docs I read to add a static route to reach the gateway address (Linux examples), but I wasn't able to apply it in OmniOS 16:46:24 warden, I haven't had to deal with that kind of braindeath so I can't give you any further advice. 16:46:51 I don't *thinking* using a /56 will be a problem... unless you need to access any of those specific hosts for some reason. 16:47:00 but their documentation doesn't support doing that. 16:47:23 TGH, I'm utterly unimpressed but I'm not the customer they're looking for. 16:47:40 * nomad goes back to dealing with his electricity-guzzling homelab rack. 16:49:23 I just received their reply... I asked them if to use a /44 prefix was ok: "we cannot review the configuration you've provided, as we're unfamiliar with the software you're using"! :S 16:52:40 yeah, a /44 would be a bad idea. 16:52:45 stick with the /56. 16:53:09 Using /44 would mean you can't talk with anything else on their network. 16:53:40 Thanks, I'll surely go with the /56 prefix... and keep learning by encountering potential issues in the future! :) 16:59:16 warden: if you tell certain network stacks that a particular address is on-link, it will assume it's on-link and attempt to use ND/ARP to reach it 17:00:32 even if it's outside the range of "local" addresses where (addr&netmask) == (your_addr&netmask) 17:02:27 you mean that at worst I won't be able to reach and being reached from other hosts in the same /56 prefix range, don't you? 17:36:57 warden: you can set it up the way they're expecting with route add -interface 17:37:51 configure interface with a static /128 17:38:25 then: "route add -inet6 -interface /128 " 17:39:06 then: "route add -inet6 default " 17:41:17 and you avoid the problem with the overly-wide prefix. 17:59:33 sommerfeld: wow... it works, and I'm able to reach my neighbors in the same IPv6 /56 prefix range! 18:00:21 Thank you so much! I tried to do that but i missed the right sequence of the "-iface" parameter 18:01:05 we probably need another example in the man page for this config 18:04:35 I failed because I was adding an interface name like this: "-iface igb0" as was used to do in FreeBSD! :'( 18:15:15 yes, we should be able to name the interface directly instead of indirecting through one of its local addresses. 19:39:40 warden: I filed https://www.illumos.org/issues/16968 19:39:44 → FEATURE 16968: route(8) should have an IPv6 -interface example (New) 19:44:55 omnios has one IPv6 related bug - dhcpd fails to start on boot if global prefix is used in config, because ip interface will take time to get global prefix. The error is: No subnet6 declaration for ixgbe0. svcadm clear is fixing it once the interface has global address:) 19:54:03 Great! Thank you for the precious help and the patience in examining my particular setup. My journey to learn illumos/OminOS has been wonderful so far, also because of its friendly community! 19:59:48 tsoome_: not unique to omnios, and not unique to dhcpd (I've run into the same issues with named and postfix on openindiana mentioning globals in config if the router is having a bad day...)